2011Released
3:45

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Suck It and See. By Songfacts®.

This is the title track of British alternative rock band Arctic Monkeys' fourth album. It was the first time that the group had recorded a song with the same name as the album.

Monkeys singer and principal songwriter Alex Turner started writing this song around the time he was recording the soundtrack for the 2011 feature film Submarine. He told NME: "It just sort of came to me that melody and chorus, it's quite Beach Boys-y which is something I've been listening to a lot recently, and always have. We decided to make it the title track quite near the end."

The song finds Turner singing, "You're rarer than a can of dandelion & burdock/And the other girls are just post-mix lemonade." Dandelion and burdock is a traditional British soft drink, which has been drunk in the British Isles since about 1265. It is made from fermented dandelion and burdock roots, and is naturally fizzy. Turner told NME: "A lot of people don't get that and don't realise what it is. Something I like the idea of is putting colloquialisms where they feel strange – especially in some of the other tunes like the fuzzy, heavier ones, it feels quite funny when you can drop in something very British next to 'Raw Power' guitars."

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Suck It and See.
EKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
128BPM

Album

The album Suck It and See is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Suck It and See.
Domino Recording Co
Domino Recording Co Ltd
Domino Recording Co Ltd

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