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"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
Song

"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" is the first single released by Sheffield band the Arctic Monkeys after being signed on Domino Records.

Released on 17 October 2005, it rode the wave of popularity behind the band after a series of sellout gigs across the country, culminating with a gig in front of 2,000 people at the London Astoria. It debuted at Number One on the UK Singles Chart on 23 October. The release of the song and its rise to number one further increased the ever-growing hype surrounding the band, and it was two weeks before they reached the cover of NME magazine. The single was released during a sell-out UK tour, although the band were playing at significantly smaller venues to those at which they would perform only months later.

The title track also features on the band's debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which was released on 23 January 2006 - one week after their second single - "When the Sun Goes Down".

On 23 February 2006, the track won Best Track at the 2006 NME Awards - one of three awards won by Arctic Monkeys [1].

One of the b-sides, Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick, was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in the 2007 Grammy Awards.

The song was also a hit in the United States, hitting #7 on the US Modern Rock Charts.

Covers and other references

The song was covered by the Sugababes as a b-side to their single "Red Dress".

On July 1 2007, Tom Jones and Joe Perry of Aerosmith performed their own version of the song at the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium.

In May 2007, NME magazine placed "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" at number 10 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.[2]

In February 2008, Alan Wilder, the former member of Depeche Mode, criticised the song in his open letter[3] on the Side-Line Magazine website. He described its sound as "a bombardment of the most unsubtle, one-dimensional noise."

Australian Pop/Punk band Stealing O'Neal recorded an Acoustic Cover of this song.

American Pop group One4thre3 performed a cover of it at their setlist.

The line "Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand" is a reference to Duran Duran's song "Rio". Another song from the album, "When The Sun Goes Down", also makes a reference to another group's song, but this time to The Police song "Roxanne". Both songs were released as singles.

Music video

The video is a live recording of the band playing the song in a studio with a small audience watching with both the video and audio taken live. The video was shot using television cameras from the 1970's to give it a more aged effect. American band The Strokes had previously made a similar music video for their single Last Nite, Arctic Monkeys are known to be fans of The Strokes.

Track listing

Lyrics written by Alex Turner, music by Arctic Monkeys.

  • CD RUG212CD
  1. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - 2:54
  2. "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts" - 2:58
  3. "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick" - 4:40
  • 7" RUG212
    • Side A "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - 2:54
    • Side B "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts" - 2:58
  • 10" RUG212
    • Side A "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" - 2:54
    • Side B "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts" - 2:58
    • Side B "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick" - 4:40

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Top 40 Singles 1
Australian ARIA Singles top 50 chart 18
Preceded by UK Singles Chart Number 1 single
23 October 2005 - 30 October 2005 		Succeeded by

Sample

"I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor"
Sample from "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
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References

  1. ^ "Arctic Monkeys make history at ShockWaves NME Awards". NME. 2006-02-23]. Retrieved 2006-02-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ The Greatest Indie Anthem Ever revealed
  3. ^ Recoil / Alan Wilder - "Music For The Masses - I think not."
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