Test your knowledge of Arctic Monkeys's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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The same band made the frantic 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor' and the slow, smoky 'Do I Wanna Know?'. Placing a clip by its era, from the 2006 debut to the lounge of The Car, is how you name the song.
Their debut broke UK sales records and took the Mercury Prize, a bassist was swapped during the first US tour, and Alex Turner moonlights as a lounge crooner. These are the facts a close quiz round turns on.
Arctic Monkeys are really three bands in one: the fast 2006 debut, the sleek AM groove, and the piano lounge of The Car. Work through each era and find the one that trips you up.
The debut is the easy tier, all speed and swagger. 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor', 'When the Sun Goes Down', 'Fluorescent Adolescent' and 'Brianstorm' race by on Alex Turner's fast, thick Sheffield accent. Most players name these from the opening riff, so this is where casual fans bank points.
In 2013, AM slowed everything down and turned up the cool. 'Do I Wanna Know?', 'R U Mine?', 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?' and the aching '505' swap the teenage sprint for a bluesy, hip-hop-tinged groove and falsetto backing vocals. Knowing the AM sound is a quiz skill of its own.
The later records throw people. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) and The Car (2022) drop the guitars for piano, strings and lounge crooning, with Turner playing a jaded showman. A clip from these can sound like a different band entirely, which makes them reliable traps.
The real test is naming a song's era before you name the song. Because the band resets its sound every album, telling a 2006 clip from an AM clip from a 2022 clip is half the game, and deep cuts like 'Cornerstone' and 'Do Me a Favour' are where the top scorers pull ahead.
Play the free Arctic Monkeys quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip and answer trivia across the 2006 debut, the AM era and the recent lounge records. Score 8 out of 10 and you know them well; naming the deep cuts too is rare.
Expect the singles that span their eras: 'I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor', 'Fluorescent Adolescent', 'Do I Wanna Know?', 'R U Mine?' and '505', with album cuts turning up in the harder rounds.
The debut singles are easy points, since they race by on a fast Sheffield yelp. The trap is the later reinventions: the slow AM groove and the piano lounge of The Car can sound like a different band, so half the challenge is placing the era.
That is the real game. Because Arctic Monkeys reset their sound every album, a clip from 2006 sounds nothing like one from AM or The Car. Learn the three eras and you can often name the record before the chorus.
Arctic Monkeys formed in 2002 in High Green, on the edge of Sheffield in northern England. The line-up is Alex Turner on vocals and guitar, Jamie Cook on guitar, Nick O'Malley on bass and Matt Helders on drums.
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