| I Became a Prostitute | |
| Cover: | Ibecameaprostitute.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Twilight Sad |
| Album: | Forget the Night Ahead |
| B-Side: | In the Blackout |
| Recorded: | Chem19 Studios |
| Genre: | Indie rock, shoegazing |
| Length: | 4:31 (radio edit) 5:22 (album version) |
| Label: | Fat Cat (FAT67) |
| Producer: | Andy MacFarlane |
| Prev Title: | And She Would Darken the Memory |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Seven Years of Letters |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"I Became a Prostitute" (listed as "I Became a..." on radio station promos) is a song by Scottish indie rock band The Twilight Sad. The song was released as the first single from the band's second studio album, Forget the Night Ahead. It was released on 3 August 2009 on Fat Cat Records.[1]
The title of the song is "a metaphor for becoming something that you don't want to be, you can see it happening but there is nothing you can do about it."[2] Guitarist Andy MacFarlane notes that: