The Line (song)

* Single cover
* Acoustic
* Remixes

## Music Video

**"The Line"** is a single by RAYE, released May 19, 2017 through Polydor Records.

## Background

When asked about the insperation of the song in an interview RAYE explained:

“*I remember being in the line for a club a few years back and I had my favourite trainers on and a t-shirt and it took me ages to get ready. I was queued up for ages and then the bouncer at the door was like "no, you're not coming in". So I was so upset...and then I kinda looked around and I saw the females in the club world, the way girls are expected to dress and behave, it's just so outdated and so boring. Like you have to wear heels and dresses and look really formal and blah, blah, blah. So I was really upset about it so I wrote the song, that's kinda the inspiration behind it.*”
―via *PopBuzz*
She later expanded her thoughts on the track in a different interview:

“*Going out clubbing gives you a cold dose of the expectation society has on women. To get into a club you have to kill yourself in heels, drown in makeup with a tight dress, maybe a bit of cleavage will help you out too. Me going as 'myself,' wearing what I wanted, didn’t cut it. You have to fit within the boundaries and expectations put on you. Watching all these casually dressed men waltzing past me in the queue really pissed me off, so I wrote this tune.*”
―via *The Fader*
## Lyrics

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Like all night, all night

We don't wanna go home so we'll take it outside

Yeah, outside, outside

This dick by the door like a broomstick

With a clipboard tryna be uptight

Over capacity, rubbin' us wrong

But my girl better put her up right

And we're all a bit fed up

Half of us halfway wasted

In the queue gettin' right up

In the queue gettin'

Oh yeah, we look like sickness

Barely movin' inches

Let's leave this line, your club will close

We'll run you outta business

What I do, what I do

That's what I do

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Like all night, all night

We don't wanna go home so we'll take it outside

Yeah, outside, outside

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Like all night, all night

We don't wanna go home so we'll take it outside

Yeah, outside, outside

1 AM and it's freezin'

Silly, all us girls got our legs out

None of us are havin' this, the queue ain't moved

So the heels are comin' off right now

I think we're done bein' patient

So nobody can tell us all to pipe down

We're offline, cheap wine does that to your madness

Outside your club now

Yeah, we look like sickness

Barely movin' inches

Let's leave this line, your club will close

We'll run you outta business

What I do, what I do

That's what I do

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Like all night, all night

We don't wanna go home so we'll take it outside

Yeah, outside, outside

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Like all night, all night

We don't wanna go home so we'll take it outside

Yeah, outside, outside

We spent enough time waiting today

Front of the line, line, still got no entry

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Now fuck that, haha

We been waiting in line to get into this club

Like all night, all night

We don't wanna go home so we'll take it outside

Yeah, outside, outside

Yeah, we look like sickness

Barely movin' inches

Let's leave this line, your club will close

We'll run you outta business

What I do, what I do

That's what I do

## Track listing

**Digital download**

**Digital download – Offaiah Remix**

## References

1. ↑ http://www.popbuzz.co.uk/exclusives/raye-interview-the-line/
2. ↑ http://www.thefader.com/2017/05/19/raye-the-line-video
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-line-single/id1235833307
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-line-offaiah-remix-single/id1243693822
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170727223834/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist