Robbie Williams Released Rudebox Single in 2006

Robbie Williams released the single Rudebox in September 2006, rapping over an electronic Sly & Robbie loop. Williams conceived Rudebox during the Intensive Care tour, writing, recording, and performing songs during that tour. The Intensive Care album cover was designed by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.

Lily Allen was featured on backing vocals on the Rudebox album. Williams wrote the track Dickhead with his bassist Jerry Meehan and the duo Candy Flip from his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent. The song She's Madonna was inspired by Williams' former girlfriend Tania Strecker. The 80s and The 90s are autobiographical rap songs appearing at tracks 14 and 15 of the Rudebox album.

The Rudebox album sold about a third as much as its predecessor. Tony Wadsworth, the EMI chairman at the time, denied the claim that unsold copies of Rudebox were sent to China for road construction.