Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
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Although the internet and myspace played a key role in the early years of the band, one event is often overlooked – and in particular one person who helped kickstart the Arctic Monkeys’ rise to fame.
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00:00 It meant very little to us
00:17 The fastest selling debut album of all time
00:28 A song that would change everything
00:40 Origins
01:55 Lyrics
03:14 The first demo version
04:10 A smack between the ears
04:36 The moment that kickstarted everything
05:40 Signing to Domino Records
05:58 A first attempt at recording the album version
06:50 Onboarding another producer
07:26 Recording “Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not”
07:48 I’m sick of this song
08:20 Music Video
09:48 Remembering the moment the song went to Number 1
10:15 Falling in and out with the song
10:38 Susanna looks good on the dancefloor
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Support me on Patreon to help me get around Youtube’s unreliable copyright rules (more details in my recent vid): patreon.com/3minuteswithMarc
Although the internet and myspace played a key role in the early years of the band, one event is often overlooked – and in particular one person who helped kickstart the Arctic Monkeys’ rise to fame.
~
00:00 It meant very little to us
00:17 The fastest selling debut album of all time
00:28 A song that would change everything
00:40 Origins
01:55 Lyrics
03:14 The first demo version
04:10 A smack between the ears
04:36 The moment that kickstarted everything
05:40 Signing to Domino Records
05:58 A first attempt at recording the album version
06:50 Onboarding another producer
07:26 Recording “Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not”
07:48 I’m sick of this song
08:20 Music Video
09:48 Remembering the moment the song went to Number 1
10:15 Falling in and out with the song
10:38 Susanna looks good on the dancefloor
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![Arctic Monkeys - Despair in the Departure Lounge [Piano cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e-sok6-Xd9A/mqdefault.jpg "Arctic Monkeys - Despair in the Departure Lounge [Piano cover]
This morning some bomb explosions occurred close to where I live, in Brussels. I was actually heading to the station that was bombed, and it happened when I was just a couple of minutes away. I had the feeling again so I thought Id cover this song. I recorded it in one take, and kind of improvised the piano, I usually play this song on guitar.")
