This week saw a little movement at the top, most significantly Taking Back Sunday seeing the top spot. Further down the chart, it looked like the last gasp for the Arctic Monkeys this year (A Certain Romance was just about to fall off, ending this year's domination of the 40 by the Brit stars) but then they release a new single.
Leave Before the Lights Come On is not on any album, but is just being released on its own with a few B sides as well on Aug. 14. I saw AM do this one live last June and it sounds like it could have been on their debut, but here it is, a new single and an extension to their longevity on the chart this year.
Not a week has gone by this year that at least two Arctic Monkey track wasn't lurking somewhere in the 40. Leave before... is actually the 7th song to find its way into my heavy rotation. This is their track record (no pun intended at all) since the year started.
Title / Peak / Total weeks on 40
I Bet U Look Good on the Dance Floor / 9 / 13 (this year), 25(overall)
When the Sun Goes Down / 2 / 30
Fake Tales of San Francisco / 1 (10 wks) / 28
From the ritz to the rubble / 3 / 22
A Certain Romance / 4 / 17 (currently on chart)
Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? / 6 / 14
AM have definitely logged some serious ear time and if they keep releasing EPs and one-off singles I can only oblige them to listen more. England went nuts over them, but we here in the states tend for our "alternative" to veer more towards Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and All American Rejects than a bunch of kids from the UK banging out their version of garage rock. They did get a little play with I Bet U Look Good on the Dance Floor and it was a modern rock hit so to speak, but they certainly aren't getting love from MTV. Just keep making your music boys. I, for one, will be more than happy to buy it and see you in concert.
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