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I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
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Wikipedia article
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| name = I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
| cover = I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Arctic Monkeys
| album = Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
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| recorded =
| studio = Chapel (Lincolnshire)
| venue =
| genre = * Garage rock
*
* post-punk
* punk rock
| length =
| label = Domino
| writer = Alex Turner
| producer = Jim Abbiss
| next_title = When the Sun Goes Down
| next_year = 2006
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"'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor'" is a song by English rock band Arctic Monkeys. The song was released through Domino Recording Company as the band's first single from their debut studio album, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' (2006). It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 23 October 2005, and remains one of the band's best-known songs in the UK.
Arctic Monkeys performed the track at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The song was ranked at number 7 on 'NME's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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. Alex Turner introduces the band and the song and asks viewers not to "believe the hype". The video was shot using three Ikegami 3-tube colour television cameras from the 1980s to give it a more aged effect.
Awards
On 23 February 2006, the track won 'Best Track' at the 2006 NME Awardsone of three awards won by Arctic Monkeys.
One of the B-sides, "Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick", was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in the 2007 Grammy Awards.
In October 2011, 'NME' placed it at number 11 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". It was later ranked seventh on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," with 'NME' noting that the song is "the perfect encapsulation of what it is to be young, pissed, lusty, angry and skint in modern day Britain."
Track listings
Personnel
'Arctic Monkeys'
* Alex Turner lead and backing vocals, lead guitar
* Jamie Cook rhythm guitar, backing vocals
* Andy Nicholson bass guitar
* Matt Helders drums, backing vocals
'Technical'
* Simon 'Barny' Barnicott mixing
* Ewan Davies recording
* Owen Skinner mixing assistance
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
Covers and other references
The song was covered by Sugababes as a B-side to their single "Red Dress".
The Vines released a cover of the song as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their album 'Future Primitive', released 3 June 2011.
The song was covered by the group Baby Charles and released as a single in 2009.
On 1 July 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.
In February 2008, Alan Wilder, the former member of Depeche Mode, criticised the mastering of the song in an open letter on the 'Side-Line' Magazine website. He described its sound as "a bombardment of the most unsubtle, one-dimensional noise."
The line "Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand" is a reference to Duran Duran's song "Rio".
On 27 July 2012, the band played the song at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
References
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