They are one of the first bands to come to public attention via the Internet via MySpace, despite none of them having an account. Their rise to success started in late 2004/early 2005 when demo songs that had been handed out in CD form at gigs found their way onto the internet. These demos rapidly spread among message boards and friends leading to a growing fan base for the band, and were collected on the unofficial Beneath the Boardwalk, which the band recognizes on their website. The band owe much of their success to viral buzz via the Internet, and have eschewed typical 'commercial' channels, including refusing to appear on the UK's (now discontinued) Top Of The Pops music program, which was often seen as a gateway to success.
The band's debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, held the record for the largest first week sales of a debut album in the UK (in its first week, it sold more than the rest of the Top 20 albums combined). The album sold over 360,000 copies in its first week, but lost the title in November 2007 to Leona Lewis's album Spirit.. It also won the 2006 Mercury Prize, was chosen as the best album of year 2006 by Q Magazine, and received a slew of other accolades.
On 19th June 2006 the band officially announced that founding member and bassist Andy Nicholson had left the band after missing the American leg of their tour due to 'fatigue' and the other band members couldn't stand the constant 'missing his girlfriend syndrome' so they told him to sling his hook. Former Dodgems bassist Nick O'Malley was initially brought in as a stand-in, and played the band's remaining summer commitments. He was then announced as Nicholson's permanent replacement.
The band's second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, was released on 23 April 2007, a week after the release of accompanying single "Brianstorm"". Like the first album, this one quickly reached No. 1 in the album charts. Alex Turner described the songs as "very different from last time", adding that the sound of some tracks are "a bit full-on". A secret gig played at Sheffield's Leadmill on 10 February 2007, debuted seven new songs (six from Favourite Worst Nightmare and one other). Early reviews of the release were positive and described it as "very, very fast and very, very loud".
The band recorded half of the third album, Humbug at Rancho De La Luna recording sessions with Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age in early autumn, 2008, and half in the New York sessions with James Ellis Ford, their producer, in spring, 2009, following their January tour of New Zealand and Australia. During this tour, lead single "Crying Lightning", along with Humbug songs "Pretty Visitors", "Dangerous Animals" and "Potion Approaching" (then known as "Go-Kart"), was debuted live. It was later revealed by Matt Helders in a video diary that the album would consist of 14 tracks and that Turner would stay in New York to oversee the mixing of the material. However, the final track listing, revealed on 1 June 2009, listed only 10.
NME reported in May 2011 that the band were teaming up with producer James Ellis Ford once again and would be releasing their fourth studio album, Suck It And See, in late spring at the earliest. Q magazine reported that the fourth Arctic Monkeys album would be of a "more accessible vintage" than Humbug. Q printed edition 299 states "It's the sound of a band drawing back the curtains and letting the sunshine in". The album was recorded in Sound City Studios in Los Angeles in 2010 and 2011. On 4 March 2011, the band premiered on its website a new track called "Brick By Brick" with lead vocals by Matt Helders. Helders explained that this is not a single, just a tease of what is coming and that is it is going to be on the fourth album. On 10 March 2011 the band revealed the album name and was released on 6 June 2011. The album's first single, titled "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" was released as a digital download on 12 April and on vinyl with ""Brick By Brick" on 16 April for Record Store Day.
On 27 February 2012, the band released a new song titled "R U Mine" on their YouTube channel, serving as the bands lead single for their fifth studio album AM, despite it was originally going to be a stand alone single. AM has received critical acclaim from music critics, upon the release of AM on 9 September 2013, the album debuted at number 1 in the UK album charts, selling over 157,000 copies in its first week. The album received widespread critical acclaim and brought Arctic Monkeys their third nomination for the Mercury Prize. The album also won the Brit award for Best British Album. In the United States, the album sold 42,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the band's highest-charting album in the United States.
In December 2016, Turner confirmed to BBC Radio Sheffield that the band's hiatus had ended and work had begun on their sixth studio album. The album had begun recording in September 2017.The album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was released on 11 May 2018. It's their first concept album, about being a hotel on the moon. Following its release, the album was promoted by the singles "Four Out Of Five" and "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino". This album had a massive change in sound compared to their first five albums, being slower and more piano based.
On 8 December 2021, the band was announced as the Saturday co-headliner of the 2022 Reading and Leeds Festival. On 23 August 2022 at the Zurich Openair festival, they debuted new song "I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am" The following day they announced their seventh studio album, The Car, which was released on 21 October 2022. On 30 August 2022, they released the first single from the album, "There'd Better Be A Mirrorball", accompanied by a video directed by Turner. The Car peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, behind Midnights by Taylor Swift, being their first ever album to not debut at No.1 in the UK. In the US, the album landed at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.
Lead singer/songwriter Alex Turner started a two-man project with the former singer/guitarist from the Rascals and guitarist of The Little Flames, Miles Kane. The band is called 'The Last Shadow Puppets'.
Studio albums
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Humbug (2009)
Suck It And See (2011)
AM (2013)
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
The Car (2022)
http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/
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Arctic Monkeys Lyrics
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I'll stop making the eyes at you
What it is that surprises me
Is that I don't really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sandAnd lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
I wish you'd stop ignoring me
Because you're sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, you're calling me
And I don't think it's very fair
That your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
Dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness
Well, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Said, from 1984
Arctic Monkeys' song "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" appears to detail the singer's fascination with a particular person's physical appearance and their potential as a dancer. The opening stanza sets the tone for this fascination, with the singer expressing a willingness to stop making suggestive eye contact with the person, but also acknowledging that they don't actually want to stop. The lyrics continue with a description of the person's frozen yet explosive demeanor and their disregard for things like sand and the danger of lighting a fuse before transitioning into the chorus, where the title phrase is delivered along with the suggestion that the person in question might look like a "robot" from 1984 while dancing to "electro-pop" music.
As the song progresses, the singer becomes increasingly desperate for the person's attention, wishing they would stop ignoring them and lamenting the seeming unfairness of the situation. The chorus repeats twice more, with the singer emphasizing that they can only bet on what the person looks like on the dancefloor and that the club setting seems to preclude things like love or any sort of deep connection. The song ends with a final chorus, reiterating the singer's fascination with the person on the dancefloor and the absence of anything more profound going on around them.
Line by Line Meaning
Stop making the eyes at me
Please stop trying to flirt with me
I'll stop making the eyes at you
I will stop flirting back with you
What it is that surprises me
I am surprised by something
Is that I don't really want you to
I am not actually interested in you
And your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
You seem distant and cold
Oh, but you're an explosion (you're dynamite)
But you have an exciting energy
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
Your name doesn't matter to me
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
But getting to know you could lead to an exciting experience
I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I am confident that you would look attractive while dancing
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I am unsure of what you want out of this encounter
I don't know what you're looking for
I am unsure of what you want out of this encounter
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
I imagine you dancing like a robot to electronic music from the past
I wish you'd stop ignoring me
I would appreciate if you stopped ignoring me
Because you're sending me to despair
Your behavior is making me feel hopeless
Without a sound, yeah, you're calling me
Even without saying anything, you are attracting my attention
And I don't think it's very fair
But I don't think your behavior is fair to me
Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets
This is not a romantic story like Romeo and Juliet
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
This is just about music and dancing
Dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness
Dancing on dirty floors and experiencing some risque behavior
Said, from 1984
Again, referencing the electronic music trends of the past
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Alexander David Turner
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@lauraandrade5734
LYRICS !!!
Stop making the eyes at me, I'll stop making the eyes at you
What it is that surprises me is that I don't really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen (Cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (You're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
I wish you'd stop ignoring me because it's sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, you're calling me and I don't think it's very fair
That your shoulders are frozen (Cold as the night)
Oh, but you're an explosion (You're dynamite)
Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
And no there in't no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
Dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness
Well I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Said, from 1984
@StuTheDon17
The “don’t believe the hype” call is nearly as legendary as the song itself.
Very humble.
@katec8727
In an interview a few years ago he said he said that because he actually hates this song, thinks the lyrics are bad and didn’t like the fact that it got so much attention bc he didn’t want AM to be known just from this song 🤣
@Hi-rb9kf
@@katec8727 Really? Wow. This is such a good song. It never occurred to me, that you could hate your own music. Is this the song where he said "When we wrote this song it meant very little to us and tonight, it means even less."
@katec8727
It's Alex Sis! Lol, yes it was! Alex is super hard on himself. I wonder how he felt about that being the song that he was told to play at the London 2012 opener
@nicksbasementscraps
Also turns around and does the most dramatic first strum thing (I don’t play guitar sorry) I have ever seen
@siasdandellia
waiting for LADIES to be a legendary as its prodecessor
@imeasuarablesupremacy9522
Love how he speaks perfectly while singing but cant say a single word when he is just talking.
@em4151
Just like Ozzy.
@josephdanielhaynes
Classic alex turner
@bemlok
Like 2d from gorillaz