4. ‘I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ // Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
“Don’t believe the hype.” Are the words muttered by Alex Turner as the Arctic Monkeys announce themselves to the world.
Any Arctic Monkeys ‘Top 10’ list would not be complete without the song that started it all. ‘I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ was the band’s first ever single, which charted at No.1. Released in the era of the ‘indie landfill’, 2005 saw the Arctic Monkeys and The Kooks have two of the biggest selling albums that year.
The ferocious performance from the band was not the type you’d expect from the, then, baby-faced quartet from Sheffield.
“Stop making the eyes at me, I’ll stop making the eyes at you”: the nation never stopped making the eyes, paying no attention to Turner’s previous warning. The hype was here, the hype was real. Britain’s band of a generation had announced themselves in spectacular fashion.