Every Arctic Monkeys Single Ranked Worst To Best
4. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
The song that started everything for the Arctic Monkeys. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor began a revolution and sent the band rolling: it’s a stone cold classic and it always will be.
Opening up with the garage rock guitar riff akin to Smells Like Teen Spirit, the song starts with one of the most recognisable guitar lines of the century. It’s the nightclub anthem about being on the pull with the only girl in the room you can keep your eyes on, and Turner conjures it up with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek.
Where most old Arctic Monkeys songs are largely excluded from the band’s setlist or regularly rotated through, I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor is the kind of the crowd erupting anthem that has survived almost 1000 shows. It’s super fast, loaded with sparky energy and packed to the brim with nostalgia. The song embodies the feel of the mid 00s for many and whether you remember its arrival or not, it will be a constant for many decades to come.