Shopaholic

Shopaholic is a song by Verbz that was uploaded on MySpace in 2007. The song would later get remixed by RAC and FKi and is largely credited with landing Sinclair a record deal with a major label.
==Lyrics==
==Background==
The RAC Remix of Shopaholic caught the attention of blogger Perez Hilton, prompting him to make a blog post about it."Listen To This: So Fresh!" January 9, 2008. Article by Perez Hilton about "Shopaholic." After posting about the remix, the song quickly received two millions plays and she rose to the top of MySpace's Unsigned Artist chart. Teddy Sinclair credits the attention she received from Shopaholic as the reason why she went to Los Angeles, which led to her meeting will.i.am and landing a record deal with Cherrytree Records.Interview with…Natalia Kills! May 25, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2022 via MuuMuse.Natalia Kills: Interview September 15, 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2023 via MuuMuse.
It seems that, at an unknown point in time, a higher quality version of the song than the one uploaded to MySpace leaked or surfaced. However, as there is no proof of this, it is also possible that the recovered file from LostMySpace is simply lower quality than the one actually uploaded to MySpace.captain cappuccini in paris! - SHOPAHOLIC Retrieved February 11, 2022 via lostmyspace. On November 21, 2022, the highest quality version of the song leaked, including an intro that had previously been cut off on all previous uploads and leaks."The original version of "Free"! Enjoy babes" Retrieved December 25, 2022 via leaked.cx.
==Writing and Development==
====Initial Development====
Following her time as Verbalicious, Sinclair began writing music for films; however, this song was a demo she made for herself, likely written and recorded sometime in 2007. Considering both songs have credits from Peter Martin and were uploaded around the same time, Shopaholic and Swaggerific were likely created during the same studio session(s). When asked about the origin of Free in an interview with Gigwise, Teddy stated:
:"I started writing [Free] years and years ago, when I had decided that I wanted to give up everything and just be a songwriter. I then ended up being a starving songwriter!"
====Repurposing of Lyrics====
The phrase "fashion victim" was later reused in 2008 song Ms. Lane by Jermaine Riley featuring Natalia Cappuccini.
====Perfectionist Revisit====
Shopaholic was revisited by Sinclair sometime between 2008 and 2010 during the development of Perfectionist. While the song was considerably reworked before becoming Free, the general theme of the song as well as many lines were interpolated. Additionally, in many interviews, Sinclair refers to Shopaholic as being a demo of Free.
==Announcement and Release==
Shopaholic was uploaded to MySpace sometime before October 8, 2007, when the song was mentioned for the first known time."hey gurlie!! thanks 4 da add. i so luv the song shopaholic" October 8, 2007. Retrieved I Soo Effin Rock! → Mz.RockStar ← on verbzonline's MySpace. Sometime around January 9, 2008, the RAC (Remix Artist Collective) Mix of the song was released.
On June 25, 2010, a remix of Shopaholic was released on FKi's album FKi-BlueSteel.FKI​-​BlueSteel - Digital Download Release date: June 25, 2010.
==Themes and lyricism==
Shopaholic is about how money and style do not go hand in hand. Sinclair has stated in an interview with Gigwise that she "came to realize that you can never ever make the mistake of linking money to style or money to experience and fun and just having a good time because [she] had the best time of life when [she] was broke..."
In an interview with A Big City Died, Sinclair described Shopaholic as being a "very commercial song" that is rap but "almost spoken more like the Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha sound."
==Official Versions==
==Registrations==
Shopaholic was assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases.
ISWC: T-902.814.803-0
====Final====
Shopaholic apra amcos.png|APRA AMCOS
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Shopaholic iswc.png|ISWC
Shopaholic sabam.png|SABAM
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====RAC Mix====
This version of the song was also assigned an ISWC.
ISWC: T-919.651.728-9
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Shopaholic remix iswc.png|ISWC
Shopaholic socan.png|SOCAN
==Song Credits==
===Final===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Peter Martin
*Produced by: Peter Martin"Shopaholic - (Written/Prod/Eng/Mixed)" Retrieved June 21, 2023 via Boxsta Music
====Additional====
*Engineered by: Peter Martin
*Mixed by: Peter Martin
===RAC Mix===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, Andre Anjos
*Produced by: Andre Anjos (Most likely)
===FKi Remix===
====Writing and Production====
*Written by: Teddy Sinclair, FKi
==References==
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