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Take off your wedding ring

This song talks about the point of view of a boy who is approached flirtatiously by a girl, who seemingly wants to get with him, however the boy knows she has a significant other and is reluctant because of this but still struggles to reject her. Alex Turner for NME: "'I had a girlfriend most of last year so it weren’t like I was going mad after gigs or anything, but perhaps there’s more temptation and stuff now. There’s a lot of temptation in the album…. ‘The Bad Thing’ is these three things that happened, meeting three lasses on separate occasions and it all ended up in … read more
This song talks about the point of view of a boy who is approached flirtatiously by a girl, who seemingly wants to get with him, however the boy know… read more
This song talks about the point of view of a boy who is approached flirtatiously by a girl, who seemingly wants to get with him, however the boy knows she has a significant other and is … read more

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Arctic Monkeys is an band formed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England in 2002 after meeting at Stocksbridge High School. The band consists of Alex Turner (vocals, guitar, piano), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (backing vocals, bass) and Matt Helders (drums, vocals). Founding bassist Andy Nicholson left in 2006. The band has released seven studio albums: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009), Suck It and See (2011), AM (2013), Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018) and The Car (2022) (… read more
Arctic Monkeys is an band formed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England in 2002 after meeting at Stocksbridge High School. The band consists of Alex Turner (vocals, guitar, piano… read more
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