Background
The song, Shame For You is a jazz song with pieces of funk and ska mixed with it. The song is set in the time signature of common time and played in the key of A minor, with Allen's vocals ranging from F#3 to A4. It has a metronome of 80 beats per minute. Allen plays the piano featured in the song. "Shame for You" samples parts of the melodic lines of “Loving You”, a Jackie Mittoo song from her album, Evening Time. Lyrically, the song has a "nice-then-naughty approach" and a vindictive streak that belies the sugarcoated sounds around it, while she revels in being the one that got away from her ex-boyfriend. "Shame for You" was performed live, as part of the setlist of Allen's 2007 concert tour, for promoting Alright, Still.
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