'Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m not' was the name of the Arctic Monkeys first album.
| Genre: Indie rock, psychadelic rock | |
Domino is their label.
Other examples of artists signed to the label: Franz Ferdinand
They became well known through their first album and the single 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' which reached number 1 in the UK singles chart, gaining more recognition and popularity for the Indie genre. They are now a landmark band of their genre.
They became well known through their first album and the single 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' which reached number 1 in the UK singles chart, gaining more recognition and popularity for the Indie genre. They are now a landmark band of their genre.
Charts (2005) | Peak position |
1 | |
18 | |
7 | |
18 | |
12 | |
15 | |
100 | |
99 | |
14 |
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 1970s 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.
There were 6 covers of the track. Tom Jones sung a version at a concert in 2007.
On 23 February 2006, the track won Best Track at the 2006 NME Awards - one of three awards won by Arctic Monkeys.
The marketing strategy used involved releasing 3 singles, the aforementioned one being first, on the 17th October 2005, before the album was released on 23rd January 2006. The single was available for digital download on iTunes as part of an EP with 2 other songs on the 29th November 2005, just after a month after the physical release.
One of the b-sides, "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick", was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental performance in the 2007 Grammy awards.
*We had to copy the chart positions and genre boxes from Wikipedia as we did not know how to create them but don't worry the whole thing isn't from Wikipedia!*
The marketing strategy used involved releasing 3 singles, the aforementioned one being first, on the 17th October 2005, before the album was released on 23rd January 2006. The single was available for digital download on iTunes as part of an EP with 2 other songs on the 29th November 2005, just after a month after the physical release.
One of the b-sides, "Chun Li's Spinning Bird Kick", was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental performance in the 2007 Grammy awards.
*We had to copy the chart positions and genre boxes from Wikipedia as we did not know how to create them but don't worry the whole thing isn't from Wikipedia!*
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