Arctic Monkeys

Released: September 6, 2013

Songwriter: Alan Smyth Alex Turner

Producer: Ross Orton James Ford

[Verse 1]
Mad sounds, in your ears
Make you feel alright
They bring you back to life
Mad sounds, in your ears
Make you get up and dance
Make you get up
Yeah, they make you get up
Love buckles under the strain
Of those wild nights
Run but you cannot hide

[Chorus]
Mad sounds, in your ears
Make you get up and dance
Make you get up
All night long they reappear
Make you get up and dance
Yeah, they make you get up

[Verse 2]
Suppose you've gotta do what you've gotta do
We just weren't feeling how we wanted to
You sit and try sometimes
But you just can’t figure out what went wrong
Then out of nowhere, somebody comes and hits you with an

[Bridge]
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh

[Chorus]
You got those mad sounds, in your ears
To make you get up and dance
Mad sounds, in your ears
They make you get up and dance
Hold on to make you get up
Ah yeah, they make you get up

[Outro]
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, England. The band consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, rhythm/lead guitar), Matt Helders (drums, vocals), Jamie Cook (lead/rhythm guitar) and Nick O'Malley (bass, backing vocals). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in 2006 shortly after their debut album was released. Their sound has changed extensively from album to album, gradually evolving from raw, youthful post-punk revival music to R ‘n’ B and jazz-inspired experiments.

All four original members of the band were devoted fans of hip-hop when they were younger, a genre that would have an immense influence on their later work, but it was the sound of The Strokes and The Libertines that would help shape their early style. The Arctic Monkeys became one of the first bands to find fame and recognition purely through internet publicity and social media; the Arctics used to sell their demos CDs at a bar where Alex Turner used to work, but due to the limited number of CDs, their fans started to upload them on the internet.

Initially, they refused to sign a record contract with any label through fear that they would want the band to change their songs, going as far as to refuse scouts guaranteed entry into their gigs. However, they eventually signed with Domino because of the “do it yourself” attitude of founder, Lawrence Bell, who ran the label from his own house.

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