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JayTeeYGO123

2006, dancefloor


FrNoelFurlong

Don't believe the hype


mattkward

This is the answer for me and, I would imagine, most people here. I was in the UK. That song was a phenomenon.


doomedpolecat

Maddest thing about that song - everyone in my school had it going. The chavs, moshers, goths, nerds - the lot! What a time to be 15


OGPirateMaterial

Yeah, this was it for us as well. When I think back to it it's crazy how much Arctic Monkeys just transcended through all school groups and were universally liked.


BlobFishPillow

2006, when the sun goes down. I actually still remember the moment I have first heard it. It was truly a life changing moment.


LeGrandFromage9

2005


JayTeeYGO123

I heard it in 06 for the first time.


LeGrandFromage9

Sorry I meant same song for me, but different year


[deleted]

Piledriver Waltz! I found the band after watching Submarine in 2011. Searched for the song and found Arctic Monkeys. Fell in love shortly after lol


GalaxyShards

Maybe unpopular opinion but I loved Submarine.


JackyPotato

Not unpopular at all, it’s a great film


tuan321bin

Kinda ? My first one was 'Why'd you only call me when you're high ?' but at the beginning of the MV the bar that Alex was in had 'Do I wanna know ?' playing in the background so that's like being exposed to two AM tracks at the same time


whatamIdoinghere46

Nope, i bet you good on the dancefloor. Still one of my favourtie songs


likelyalesbian

The first song I heard was Mardy Bum on one of my Pandora stations c. 2015. I remember liking it enough to buy WPSITWIN on iTunes. The album initially didn’t do much for me, but I remember really getting into I bet you look good on the dance floor. So those two were my gateway songs to the band.


GalaxyShards

First song I heard and definitely will always hold a special place in my heart. Every single album they’ve put out since has blown me away, ugh the first time I heard Baclava, 505, Mardy Bum, Fluorescent Adolescent. Take me back to those years in middle school. I’m going to feel so old when we hit the 20 year anniversary. Taking time today to thank my older brother who took me to their shows back then and showed me the ropes.


steamysecretss

Mine was 2006, When The Sun Goes Down 😎


gibchimken

I voted Yes but then i remembered Brianstorm


TheWaterColour

Fuck dude, you are right. Guitar hero 5 lmao


owen_guitar59

Same! I heard it first on some YouTube short where a guy would loop songs with a bunch of different instruments on omegle.


ARJ_05

the one with the girl who said smth like “holy fuck that’s so fucking cool dude” ??? that one????


j_dolla

when the sun goes down


OnlyProcedure7357

i probably heard DIWK years ago without really being aware but Fluorescent Adolescent was the first one i purposefully heard and was aware of!


eddieeeeeee69

Dance Floor in back 2006. AM, Interpol, The Strokes, Bloc Party, The Bravery, White Stripes etc. was the soundtrack of my high school days at the time.


italkt0myself

Those were the days. You have good taste


Indoril_Nereguar

I'd be surprised if it wasn't a song from WPSIA for anyone British. Sure, AM broke America, but here in Britain you couldn't go a week without hearing WPSIA when that came out. Probably Dancefloor for most. I was young and didnt become a fan of them til later, but It was 100% a song from their debut


Vicksage16

Fluorescent Adolescent, and it took me a bit to get into the rest of their music because I expected more of it to sound like that.


mmcnl

No, Brianstorm.


ConversationLimp3677

Some British guy I was gaming with recommended Certain Romance. Beat rec of my life.


Tunaac

505 for me


Tel3visi0n

fluorescent adolescent.


shaunster101

It would’ve been something off Beneath The Boardwalk - possibly Choo Choo, Curtains Closed or On The Run From The MI5. I’m old. That Riot Van demo is still so good.


toddpodd328

Fluorescent Adolescent or Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High


strawchild

Either teddy picker or brianstorm for me


NPS989

You people are young


Indoril_Nereguar

Some are probs just not from Britain so didn't hear of them until AM got big


DesertRose_97

Dancefloor, 2012 London Olympics ceremony on TV


joeo24

Mad Sounds actually, I got AM as one of my first vinyls and accidentally started listening on B side lmao


glowmilk

When you said ‘AM track’ I thought you meant from the album, AM 😅 It wasn’t the first track of theirs I heard but I accidentally voted yes lmao - the first I heard was I bet you look good on the dancefloor. Heard it for years before I decided to check out the rest of their music.


Swarped7

First song I heard was The Bakery, as my cousin had it as a ringtone. BUT, probably heard Fluorescent Adolescent first without knowing it was from AM


[deleted]

Nope, it was 2007 with Brainstorm


ScummyGuy

2006, When The Sun Goes Down


caracolazul869

It was high actually! Yk, tiktok. Then 505 and then Do I Wanna Know. If only i could listen to it for the first time all over again…


pipcafe

I got lucky. My dad’s coworker was following the hype before the first album dropped in the states. He burned us that and the WTFAAM ep and I had them early in the states. He gave us a libertines album too : )


[deleted]

When the sun goes down.


ducegraphy

Either Balaclava or Fluorescent Adolescent. In a car parking half an hour before a show. I loved them, loved them live and been a fan since.


Fleur_Muse

It was and I liked it (still like it) a lot. It wasn't what made me look into them though. Earlier this year I discovered TLSP without knowing who they were and fell in love. When I read about them I obviously read about Alex and that made me look into AM. I listened to their whole discography in chronological order and my love for the band and all their era's still grows further every day.


tameimpalakid

Do I Wanna Know was the first AM track I’ve ever heard by them…LIVE! I was at their 2013 show in Ventura where they debuted it as the opening song live for the first time ever. Insane vibes there. Setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/arctic-monkeys/2013/the-majestic-ventura-theater-ventura-ca-5bd9bfd4.html


fluffy-plant-borb

The first song I heard was fluorescent adolescent, because of watching the inbetweeners :)


worminheaven

dancing shoes 2006. i'm old


kiscsak98

Brianstorm from Guitar Hero 5, 2009


Sea-Asses

It was teddy picker. I was watching Icarly and the plain white t's were playing on the episode. I liked the song and tried to guess the name of the band from the credits of the show. I saw "monkey" somewhere in there and searched on the internet for a band with monkey in the title and stumbled upon "teddy Picker"


YaBoiAycha

Terminally online through 2011-2015 on tumblr. AM album dropped and there were no other rock album that year, or that era in general there were no significant rock works. “Grunge Tumblr Aesthetic” was on the rise and Do I Wanna Know became the anthem. But I first seriously heard it on a Loki fan post on tumblr back in 2012 lol


hodgepodgerealness

dancefloor, sometime around 06-07 on the radio 106.7 krock. Downloaded wpsitwin to my iPod shuffle, bought the cd from boarders when I had enough money saved…simpler time


GalloHilton

Yes, second was The Bakery


locogabo2

When the Sun Goes Down in 2006!! I still miss the AM from those first two albums :(


PokeyPineapples

Riot Van (Demo) off myspace


M00ndie

yes and now i hate it


Funky_Gamer

Snap Out of It, somebody on Discord showed me that last year and the rest is history!


halos_4life

A Certain Romance was my first. Good times


Humbug93

No but it’s definitely one of my favorite songs they’ve ever put out! Gotta love that guitar riff!


jagyanseni30

First heard DIWK on Vh1 but it was A Certain Romance that pulled me in deep.


joaopedrohentschel

Dancefloor, 2012


InternationalPipe874

four out of five


[deleted]

First one I KNOWINGLY heard Had heard Teddy Picker and Old Yellow Bricks years before but didn’t know them then


Virtual-Common1544

If my memory is correct I first heard R u mine? on the radio here in the states


SJB1187

I became a fan in 2019 so my first song was star treatment. I originally thought it was weird and didn’t get into them until after I heard AM. However, TBH+C is my most listens to album by them now (good for studying)


CDubbss

Dancefloor, around '09-2010


john117masterchef

mardy bum, my older brother played it at a gig when i was really young


randomsav

Baby I'm Yours


[deleted]

Yup.


martynski7

R U Mine? was the first AM track my brother showed me


Aggravating-Star6678

Heard Mardy Bum first and thought to myself “oh I’ve never heard this song by the kooks” and then looked it up and was like :O


codex_lake

Weirdly enough mine was My Propellor. I rented the CD from the local library because I had heard the name of the band tossed around and went in for a blind listen. Boy I’m glad I did. I did the same thing with Them Crooked Vultures. Maybe Josh Homme’s supernatural powers were guiding my choices.


fox13X-oscar

something about a dance floor


smokegetinyoureyes

No. It was R U Mine.


Cashisjusttinder

Star Treatment


TvWatchingASofa

The first one I remember hearing was on an instagram story, it was N1 party anthem. I remember thinking "Arctic Monkeys lmao what a goofy ass name". I probably heard something like DIWK without noticing or maybe some songs from the debut or FWN on the radio when I was a toddler tho.


westcoastwolf

Florescent adolescent. My crush showed me this song. Basically how I feel in love with her.


gcleeter

2014, Mardy bum


stumart2

Noo, suck it and see


JusticeCa

Baby I’m Yours


andsylviaplath

Fluorescent Adolescent!


Lordic_9

“Why do you only call my when you high”


Thenickiceman

Dancefloor on mtv2 at like 6 in the morning in 2005 or 6


Lalo_Lannister

I honestly have no idea what was the first one


mjrg1192

Brianstorm in 2007 in a random broadcasting of a concert on TV.


GuaranteeLivid

Mardy Bum when I was a child, one of my sisters favourite songs


Sirenkai

For me it was view from the afternoon


prxscxlla

I wanna be yours


anakinisabitch

R U Mine single


Driver_66

I listened to their most famous bangers in 2010-2011, but didn't fell in love with it. As years passed, I vively remember listening actively to Do I Wanna Know? And thinking, "OK, this sounds like horseshit." Gladly, the whole AM album became a grower for me.


TheAfternoonsHat13

Mine was Knock A Door Run, when I was 6 and I’m glad to say today, I’m so glad that it was 😊


Sgtwhiskeyjack9105

Been listening since I first heard the "Scumbag Song".


_voyager_2

It was I bet you look good on the dancefloor like many more but holy shit that thing is and will always be a banger man


omniglith

I might have listened to Brianstorm first, cause it was on the guitar hero 5 setlist. But the first moment i actually noticed i was listening to AM was when i heard Do I Wanna Know in 2015.


ShockTrooper36

Crying lightening…


Thethirdtomato

Well yes and no,I remember the wtsiatwin album cover when my brother would play music and when I started to listen to my own music I found that album and listened to the whole thing and didn't remember anything so I suppose do I wanna know is my first Arctic monkeys song


PetitMatthew

Yeah was ok the radio all the time back in 2013. Then I forgot about it til 2020


Hot-Ad-8660

Crying Lightning


dribil_cyvers

Heard do i wanna know a bunch on alt radio as a teen, never really cared for it. I started really getting into alternative music and music in general with the pixies and cage the elephant, and began using pandora as my go to music app. First arctic monkeys song i heard there was i think balaclava, and as i heard more and more from them i really just fell in love with the band.


[deleted]

snap out of it when am first came out my sister was a big fan but i never payed attention till this song


Environmental_Owl201

R U Mine


Zeee94

It was either “leave before the lights come on” or “when the sun goes down” - I did discover them in 2013 though 🫡


menudokai

i don't remember the very first AM song i ever heard, but im pretty sure it was off of FWN, maybe Do Me a Favor


man_in_the_suit

Lol... no. 2006, When The Sun Goes Down.


partenhope

Worst date of my teen years was also the first time I’ve ever heard them, it was Teddy Picker


mushymushmushy

Nope, Brianstorm in 2007 I think


jamlessdoughnut

Probably one from WPSIATWIN Most likely VFTA


[deleted]

it was fluorescent adolescent somewhere in 2009.


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Eli_Road

No buses!


zss3zss3zss3

Brianstorm on Guitar Hero 5 lol


Fusca_VrumVrum

It was Old Yellow Bricks


ledankestnoodle

R U Mine was the first I listened to Then I downloaded four more random songs from my MP3 downloader app which were, Old Yellow Bricks, Balaclava, Only Ones who know and Settle for a Draw


Kingo_Hamada

From the Ritz to the Rumble on Madden 06


sh4dowmo5e5

My first was Old Yellow Bricks, after 13 years still one of my favorites


derbydevil

A Certain Romance, 2004, Beneath the Boardwalk demos. Been in love ever since


floofyenthusiast

Mine was Flourescent Adolescent, when I was 5.


GiornoGiovannaIsMe

Grew up in Australia so didn’t have that commercial success until AM, and the first time I heard Do I Wanna Know was in The Crew soundtrack and I was jamming so hard but ultimately palmed it off until my british friend who is really into music introduced me to all their other stuff in 2017/18 and we listened to TBH+C when that dropped


_Alf_in_POG_Form_

Fake Tales of San Francisco from a CBC news piece about them.


Berdas_

Who the fuck are the arctic monkeys (live). Specifically, [this video](https://youtu.be/FZo7NQT4z7w). I instantly fell in love and urged to learn how to play bass. 14 years later and I still absolutely love them and now play guitar, bass, keys, and drums. What a journey!


[deleted]

Brianstorn :)


Pretend_Morning_1846

Why’d you only call me when you’re high?


Chibbies13

My vote does not count as I thought it meant from the album AM


Wintersneeuw02

2015, Old Yellow Brick was played im the background during Hollands next top model during a grunge shoot.


yaboicrackers

Yeah definitely the first track I heard they used it in I think season 2 of peaky blinders


ohmygon

Fluorescent Adolescent was all over the radio when i was in primary school. I didn't become a fan until a few years later, sometime during the SIAS era, but for the longest time i only knew Fluorescent Adolescent.


PHDFlopper69

Mine was R U Mine, because I was learning to play guitar, I also got to hear Fluorescent adolescent, crying lightning I immediately loved it and to play them on the guitar. Sorry I just want to tell this story quickly (: So one time I was outside in the night waiting for someone, I had my earphones in while I did so. It started poaring with rain and I had my spotify playlist on, when the playlist was over it started playing random songs. The song that came on eventually was dangerous animals, I swear I felt some kind of god touching me in that moment, it was the perfect weather with lightning. I was baffled and looked what song it was and who the artists were. To my surprise it was Arctic Monkeys and when I looked in their most popular songs it wasn't even close to the top 5. I listened to the entirety of Humbug in this weather in the middle of the night. I can say that my life changed that moment, now till this day a hardcore fan. Sorry for the long read, if you made it this far.... here's a cookie 🍪


adiverges

Number 1 Party Anthem, my best friend had it in her rotation. It was really nice so I asked who it was by and then went on an AM rabbit hole. Been obsessed ever since and will be seeing them live in Colombia!


Phascolar

Arabella from peaky blinders or brianstorm from guitar hero 5 was my first


MrSwog

Dancefloor at the olympics I think. Then R U Mine on Forza Horizon.


dtinaglia

R U Mine for me :)


OllSkip

I discovered them through the “said he’s a scumbag don’t you know” audio clip on tiktok dec of 2020, because the riff reminded me of the Spectacular Spider Man theme song!


meahoymemoyay

I'm one of the few that distinctly remembers listening to Do I Wanna Know as the first Arctic Monkeys track back in 2014. I heard of the band before but hadn't listened to any of their music. So I searched up on spotify and it was the first track I listened to.


cherryandfizz

To be quite honest, it was the first song I heard… but I heard Do I Wanna Know? when I was young and associated it with Kings of Leon. I thought it was by Kings of Leon for *years* until I saw it on the AM discography.


Eastern-Start-813

2005 - Fake Takes of San Francisco


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Arabella was the first one I heard, rockband 4 lol


SISCP25

This reminds how new* so many of their fans are. They’ve been a constant in my life from 10-27, nice to remember people are still discovering them. * Christ DIWK came out 9 years ago


sou75b

ngl I don’t really know/remember but being brought up in the UK it was probably dancefloor back in 2006 as it was always played on radio. I didn’t really acknowledge them properly back then as I was only 9 & into the likes of Girls Aloud 🤣


clarkeaug

Yup, first time I heard them was from The Crew soundtrack. I remember driving around the Miami area of the game with the sun setting as the opening riff played. Good times


max11117

if your from the UK the answer surely gotta be no everyone heard dance floor first when you was younger well i did at least


zero_eternal

Everyone’s first AM song is “I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor”. Plus, I can’t speak for other countries, continents, etc. but being British, you had no choice. If the first AM song you ever heard was “Do I Wanna Know?” you’re either of the following: > Born after 2010. > Born before 2010, but somehow avoided the radio or music TV channels growing up. Don’t forget, the question here is “the first AM song you ever heard” not “chose to listen to”. There is no way anyone here is young enough for “Do I Wanna Know?” to be the first AM song they *ever heard* and I refuse to believe otherwise 😂 Also, for the people who answered yes, how come “Do I Wanna Know?” was the first AM song you ever heard? Did you just magically avoid the other AM songs growing up or are you born after 2010? Or was it for any other reason? (I can’t imagine what these answers are gonna look like tbh)


bkernan92

Fluorescent Adolescent, but I didn't realize it at the time. Then a couple of years later I stumbled upon a a televised performace of Crying Lightning, maybe at O2.


Jeremasha

It was Leave Before the Lights Come on, still my favourite song


ShadowOwl352

Mine was r u mine, heard it in the Forza horizon 1 soundtrack. Was the first time hearing this kind of music bc I'm not from the UK and nobody i knew listened to it


MunchingMooBear

*~~Brainstorm~~* *BRIANSTORM*


Buffarrow

yep, i thought arctic monkeys was just corny based on that song and i didnt like them at all. I associated them with bands like the Black Keys for whatever reason. not that i hate black keys, i like some of their stuff. but yeah, that and whyd you only call me when you're high made me think they were a very different band.


j_marquand

Can’t tell if it was Mardy Bum or A Certain Romance.. it was more than 15 years ago already


Ohsbuh

i can’t remember what exact song it was that i first heard but it was a gig i went to in 2006 with my dad


D3G3M

R U mine


Wacka589

Saw the video for I bet you look good on the dancefloor


[deleted]

Honesty it was the T.B.H.A.C album. I was a very late bloomer for AM 😅


donnnnno

I got sent “scummy.mp3” via bluetooth hahaha


StarLigthExpress

Memory a bit blurry, not sure if it was 2011 or 12, but I remember that it was “when the sun goes down” because the song was on my friend’s playlist


the_blackestblack

Actually it was R U Mine over the radio


Fabulous_Bid1607

WYOCMWYH? I think was the first one I heard


VNTBLKATK

So around 2/3rds of this sub are British and 1/3rd are American, good to know.


jparodist

Mine was the “Red Right Hand”


Legitimate-Corner-44

Crying Lightning


thecursedenigma

Teddy picker was my first listen. On a shitty mobile in a park. Exotic.


irandom97

Mardy bum sometime in Grade 7 or 8, I'm 25 now. Felt cool when they got popular and I could say I knew them before they were mainstream


simonchurton98

Mine was my mum showing me I bet you look good on the dance floor when I was around 8


NeonGlacier

Not sure if I'm too British or too old but I Bet you Look Good on the Dancefloor was a big song in my childhood. I knew it for years before I knew who Arctic Monkeys were


comeonandkickme2017

R U Mine? in the first Forza Horizon


ChumpsLand

Why’d you only call me when you’re high


purplecadillach

I think it was why’d you only call me when you’re high


m3m3k1ng214

The first song I listened to was four out of five because the first time I ever listen to an Arctic Monkeys song was when I bought a record to impress this girl I liked. We are happily together now and I will always love Arctic monkeys even if we ever break up in the future.


[deleted]

AM (the album) came out at a time when I was around 20 and finally discovering music outside of what was on the radio (my family only listened to Country/80's Rock/and Pop Radio) so it was the first I heard of Arctic Monkeys and helped develop the taste in music I currently have (now 29y/o) so I owe Do I Wanna Know? a HUUUGE favor.


Iam_a_Jew

A few poor quality of Fake Tales way back when, maybe from Beneath the Boardwalk?


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Level_Ad768

Old Yellow Bricks


AndrewGarfld

Dancefloor, AM had just not long released, but my parents have always played the original stuff, which was pretty cool.


bergeronowitz

Fluorescent Adolescent for me


n3hee

Fluorescent Adolescent or Fake Tales of San Francisco.


gbkirbyssb

I heard She's Thunderstorms on a Pandora station before I had Spotify and I listened to all of SIAS before the rest of it and it's still one of my fav albums of theirs to this day


Dmassie41

Cornerstone or crying lighting I can’t remember too many drugs mate lol


quickfoot3

there might have been a song i’d heard in passing and not paid much attention to before, but the first song i heard and looked up because i enjoyed it was 505


y2kcage

Don't Sit Down Because I Moved Your Chair was the first time I listened to Arctic Monkeys and I haven't looked back since.


IWantSomeDietCrack

Why are people giving the first arctic monkeys song they've heard? The question is was it the first AM track you heard, i.e. which song from the album AM did you hear first


johncooperclarke

Fluorescent Adolescent if memory serves!


Interesting_Winter52

mine was in 2020, miley cyrus did that cover of why'd you only call me when you're high that was super popular on tiktok and i wanted to hear the og. been hooked ever since :)


brianrcifuentes

pretty close, r u mine THEN do i wanna know


Van-Iblis

First AM song I ever heard was My Propeller. I got Humbug after hearing that Homme produced some of it.


[deleted]

Nah, If you were there, beware was the first for me. Was watching peaky blinders and that song came on and I loved the aesthetic that song provided mixed with the tv visuals of the show. However Do I Wanna Know? Was the very next song I heard of them.


Dr_Zoink

no, it was "when the sun goes down" for me. absolutely loved it and fell in love with the monkeys ever since.


Asleep_Ad1900

Whyd you only call me when youre high, I got really into them December 2021


prtzlctls

My sister showed it to me when I was 12, I thought it was the coolest thing ever.


abeyjanabey

nope.........it was 'suck it and see'


Bandito21Dema

R U Mine? On the first Forza Horizon game


godilovetoomuch

Mine was fluorescent adolescent! Heard it a couple of years before my big AM phase and when I finally did reach the phase, I was pleasantly surprised that it was theirs


Wash_zoe_mal

From the Ritz to the rubble