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Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
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“Do I Wanna Know” is the second single from AM, premiered live at the Ventura Theatre, CA on May 22, 2013.
In it, Alex portrays himself as an obsessive lover that is paranoid
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Arctic Monkeys – I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am
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“I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am” is the third single from Arctic Monkeys seventh studio album, The Car. It was the first song to be performed live before the release of The Car
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Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
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Premiered on BBC Radio 1’s ‘Future Sounds’ program on September 29th, 2022, the track serves as the second single from the band’s seventh LP, The Car.
The song had previously made
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Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
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A single from Arctic Monkeys originally released in early 2012 for Record Store Day in the UK. “R U Mine?” was then re-recorded for their 2013 album AM.
The song delves into the
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Arctic Monkeys – Fake Tales of San Francisco
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After being featured on the band’s debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, the song was released as a radio-only single in the United States instead of “Leave
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Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
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The song uses conceptual and political imagery to give the listener a firsthand view of the “Casino” and its features.
A couple of months after the album’s release, the track was
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Arctic Monkeys – Mad Sounds
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The only song from AM not released as a single to be debuted live before the release of the album.
Another slow-tempo song, continuing on from Track 6 “No. 1 Party Anthem”, that
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Arctic Monkeys – 505
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“505” is one of the songs that marks a turning point in Alex Turner’s songwriting, as he discovers new emotional depths.
The organ chords are the same as were used in Ennio
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Arctic Monkeys – Fireside
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A beautiful song about how difficult it is to move on from someone you loved, even when you know it’s the right thing to do.
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Arctic Monkeys – Brianstorm
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Sometimes mistakenly referred to as “Brainstorm.”
When asked to say a little about the song’s protagonist, Alex Turner replied,
I can’t remember Brian now… I don’t know if he
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Arctic Monkeys – Star Treatment
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“Star Treatment” is the opener to the Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio album, co-produced by Alex Turner himself for the first time.
Turner personifies a washed up lead of the
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Read All The Lyrics To Arctic Monkeys’ New Album ‘The Car’
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The LP includes the singles “Body Paint” and “There’d Better Be A Mirrorball.”
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Arctic Monkeys – 2013
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Coming as the B-Side to “Do I Wanna Know?,” the lead single off Arctic Monkeys fifth studio album, AM, “2013” is a surprisingly straightforward song on modern technology, with a
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Arctic Monkeys – My Propeller
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It was released as the third single from the band’s third studio album Humbug, as announced on 1 February 2010. Released on 22 March 2010, the single follows its two predecessors
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Arctic Monkeys – Mardy Bum
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A song from Arctic Monkeys' 2006 album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. It remains a fan favourite and helped popularise the Yorkshire word ‘mardy’, meaning sulky or
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Arctic Monkeys – A Certain Romance
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“A Certain Romance” is the last song on Arctic Monkeys first album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, released in 2006. NME described it as “a strangely even-handed
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Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
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The first single from the Arctic Monkeys' third album, Humbug.
The acoustic version has a third verse:
Oh, you were reading a book about some idiot
And telling me about another
I
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Arctic Monkeys – When the Sun Goes Down
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The second single from Arctic Monkeys' debut album is about prostitution around the studio they were recording in in Sheffield. It was a considerable commercial success, scoring
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Arctic Monkeys – Batphone
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Track 10 off Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino.
“Bat phone” is business jargon for a private phone line whose calls take priority over official
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Arctic Monkeys – One for the Road
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Fourth AM’s single, “One for the Road,” shows Alex Turner leaving a girl and the title refers to a final drink before leaving home to fortify one for the journey ahead. The
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Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
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This song refers to the striving for fame, and once having it, the not so great side of it. Overall it is essentially be careful what you wish for. The Teddy Picker refers to a
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Arctic Monkeys – Old Yellow Bricks
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[Verse 1] / Old yellow bricks, love's a risk / Quite the little escapologist / Looked so miffed when you wished / For a thousand places better than this / You are the fugitive but
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Arctic Monkeys – No Buses
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The title “No Buses” has to deal with the lines:
They always offer when there’s loads of love around
But when you’re short of some, it’s nowhere to be found
Just like public
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Arctic Monkeys – The Bad Thing
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[Chorus] / Do the bad thing / Take off your wedding ring / But it won't make it that much easier / It might make it worse / [Verse 1] / Oh, the night's like a whirlwind / Somebody'
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Arctic Monkeys – Pretty Visitors
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This song from Humbug is all about the band’s own experience of success, and is absolutely full to burst with Alex Turner’s trademark obtuse metaphors.
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Arctic Monkeys – Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?
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A song about the music industry and how fickle it can be.
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Arctic Monkeys – Balaclava
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This song is about an affair. The woman is still on a relationship with another guy, hence the “before the hour is done”. And the cuckolding man is probably known by the cheaters
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Arctic Monkeys – Dangerous Animals
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The third song on the Arctic Monkey’s third album, Humbug.
Alex is haunted by thoughts of a woman who doesn’t want him.
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Arctic Monkeys – There'd Better Be a Mirrorball
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“There’d Better Be A Mirrorball” is the lead single and opening track from Arctic Monkeys' seventh studio album, The Car. The song resurrects the same jazz-inspired style featured
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Arctic Monkeys – The View from the Afternoon
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The opening track from Whatever, “The View From the Afternoon”, sets the stage with dead-end dive-bar lyricism:
I want to see all of the things that we’ve already seen,“ Turner
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Arctic Monkeys – Reckless Serenade
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In this track, Alex Turner talks about a female he has seen and become extremely infatuated with. She paralyzes him and he can’t stop staring at her.
It’s just a love song, I
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Arctic Monkeys – Library Pictures
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[Intro] / I'm in a vest / [Verse 1] / Library pictures of the quickening canoe / The first of its kind to get to the moon / Trust some ellipses to chase you 'round the room
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Arctic Monkeys – Four Out of Five
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The song describes advertising for the titular Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. Some parts read explicitly like an advert, inviting the listener to come and relax at Tranquility
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Arctic Monkeys – Riot Van
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The ideas behind many of the Arctic Monkeys' songs are laid out there pretty bluntly, but they always show an underlying idea or feeling behind the apparent storyline. In this it
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Arctic Monkeys – I Wanna Be Yours
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The song reworks John Cooper Clarke’s poem of the same name. The song focuses on similar themes in the poem. In an interview, Clarke said his poem is:
one of a classic style of
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Arctic Monkeys – Potion Approaching
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“Potion Approaching” is Arctic Monkeys' 5th single from their 3rd studio album, Humbug. It was first released on 19 August, 2009 by Domino Records. The band started to write songs
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Arctic Monkeys – Only Ones Who Know
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[Verse 1] / In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling / That it was a heart that he was stealing / Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement / The eyes are
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Arctic Monkeys – Anyways
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Released on 30 November 2018, “Anyways” is the B-Side to the Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino digital and vinyl single, and the first new song released by the band since the release
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Arctic Monkeys – You're So Dark
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On the B-Side to “One For the Road” Turner juxtaposes dark imagery such as your murder of crows with decidedly less gloomy ideas like driving your Prius. It seems someone has a
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Arctic Monkeys – The Car
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[Verse 1] / Your grandfather's guitar / Thinkin' about how funny I must look / Tryin' to adjust to what's been there all along / With the boat kiosk lady and her sleepy amigos / [
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