Are ARCTIC MONKEYS Big In America?

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You probably know the Arctic Monkeys from tracks like:
“Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” or “R U Mine?” and of course “Do I Wanna Know?”
And that’s understandable, their album AM is what finally brought them into the mainstream. It debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 and sold more copies than their last 3 did combined.
Yet at home in the UK, the Arctic Monkeys are nearly a household name, where all 5 of their albums have debuted at number one and where their first album still reigns as the fastest selling debut album – by a band – in the UK. (363,735 copies sold in its first week!)
They’ve headlined the largest festival in the UK. Twice. They’ve changed the way record labels distribute music today and they’re one of the only bands to win Best British Group and Best British Album on three separate occasions.
So what was it about AM that finally helped them break into worldwide markets? Let’s look back at their journey and find out who the f*** are Arctic Monkeys?
This music video essay is on the English rock band Arctic Monkeys, from their local beginnings to their rise to the world stage. I talk about their 18-song demo, Beneath the Boardwalk which helped thrust them into popularity after it was uploaded to the internet. Their debut record Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is still the top selling album by a band in the UK. Their sophomore Favourite Worst Nightmare came back with even more energy. They worked with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme for their third album Humbug introducing a new desert rock sound. They then diverted for their fourth album Suck It and See before finally releasing AM, the album that gained them worldwide attraction. Let’s dive into what audiences loved so much about AM. The grooves recalling their R&B roots, falsettos, their new personas and more.
Will the Arctic Monkeys’ new album Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino continue the band’s streak of success? We’ll just have to wait and see.
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Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the videos or music used in this video. They are used for education and discussion purposes.
@Middle8
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
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@TheS3cretGamer
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
It’s be sooooooo good if they go back to start with their next album
@Harviall
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
9:06 As a jack white solo fan that’s the funniest shit I’ve heard boarding house reach was too much gone lmao
@28hipster
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Always funny listening to Americans talk as if Arctic monkeys didn't make it big until AM when in the UK they were already literally biggest band in the world for a good while before that
@c-rabbit08
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Yes I’m from America and I love them
@jck.angjnes
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
my stupid ass misread this as "are arctic monkeys big in Antarctica"
@HitchhikerHitman
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Yarg yarg vacuum cleaner
@romy7408
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
would've loved to see the look on your face when the strokes released their best album yet >:)
@maxanderson8872
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Punk rock purists are the worst. They are the same people who declared victory after chasing out green day post dookie
@april6214
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I love AM, but sadly I do have a least favorite album. Tranquility Base Hotel. I got to see them on tour for this album, and I underwhelmed with that too. Star Treatment, One Point Perspective, and Four Out Five are my favorites but I can play their first two albums from beginning to end, no skips.
I got to see them again last year on tour for The Car. It’s a lovely album, but definitely not something to bang your head to. I still love the band and will probably continue to listen to their works as they create them. I just wished I could hop in a time machine and enjoy a show for one of their early days.
@jasonfearnley1744
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Glasto three times now
@ballerinaonamusicbox
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
in america, ur lucky if you find another person who knows more then their mainstream songs. went to their concert a little while back and most people there only knew 505, whyd you only call me when youre high, do i wanna know and i wanna be yours.
@JReyes624
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I've been along for the ride since 2006 and I absolutely love every one of their albums… except Tranquility Base. I just couldn't get into it at all. Thankfully they bounced back very strong with The Car.
@beatles7238
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Sorry but I don't get it, I don't like any of the big hits that made them big, the songs aren't that great! IMO
@Gamestation011
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Big up the frog and parrot
YORRRRRRKSHIRE
@ElaBlu3
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I live in Canada and was obsessed with the Arctic Monkeys when I first heard So you think you look good on the dance floor and just loved their first 2 albums. No one around me know who they were. I had moved on from them a bit after the 3rd album but them absolutely loved AM and I hate to say that AM became my favourite AM album.
@thatsmoelikeit
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Do i wanna know has been my phone ringtone since the day i heard it.
@tbam73
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
This video is the perfect explanation of why Rock bands are hard to stick in there if they were formed in the 2000's until now. Fans are two quick to dismiss new bands and just fickle as hell
@martynajurczenko9561
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
That video is a masterpiece ❤️
@aaronoutdoors7556
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I don’t any of these songs or this band lol
@pallasathena1555
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
In 2012/13 when I was in uni I met these 16 yo kids who were friends of my house mate, all guitar driven music students. I was like “what kind of music do you like?” And they said “arctic monkeys”. I knew the monkeys first 2 albums but these kids had no idea about sun goes down, florescent adolescent or Mardy bum, they were into crying lightning and r u mine. AM came out just after that and every time I hear that album it makes me think about those kids and that sound they were into.
@tonyh8965
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
No they are NOT. Never have been. Oasis Are Bigger here and impacted here more. Oasis have a cult following now.
@virtualalias
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Ugh, rock in the hands of Coldplay and Imagine Dragons. Worst timeline. May as well throw some Incubus in and send me right over the edge.
@MrRanel99
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Honestly, I love only their lost album
@MisyeDiVre
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Arctic Monkeys was my favourite rock band as a pre-teen, but they were niche here in Canada.
@reduxmod9178
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
They used to be. I see them as a bunch of tax dodging wankers who sacked their identity off as soon as it became financially more viable to be something else. Fuck those guys.
@TKbeatwerk
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I’m sorry but Arctic monkeys had the biggest fall off in history. Their last two albums are the worst “Rock Albums” I’ve ever heard.
@walternate2914
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
**Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino and The Car have entered the chat.
@DaKaeya
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
most surprising thing to me about this is they're bri ish
@Julescasablancaslover911
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
"we were walking around with these in our pockets"-my dad still has one💀
@imNotBob_dylan
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
brianstorm!!!
@_olliereyes
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I discovered the band during AM and when I did a deep dive into their previous albums I was so confused how it was the same band lol but I love them either way
@Tyler-uo7rf
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I'm American and I love the artic monkeys
@LilUncleHoagie
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Favourite worst nightmare is still 👑👑👑
@lastghostcookie
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
i love this omg
@astraea-system
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
theyre the beatles of our time
@paulcypherD
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
i have huge respect for the artic monkeys, and even though i think their last 3 albums are BS or 'straight up wack' as the americans would say, i still think alex turner is one of the greatest songwriters of the last 30 years
@andreajohnson6428
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I live in the U.S. and I first heard the AM on limewire and I typed in "good music" and "When the suns goes down" came up and I went head first in their music. I'm pretty much a music snob and don't like much outside the 50's-early 70's but AM changed my view. I got Suck it and See when it came out and then they made it big finally with AM.
@ashleysmith1169
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Small correction: at home in the uk, the Arctic Monkeys ARE a household name.
@sentiasatransformasi
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
its very normal to see a very talented band or artist's long time fans mock them for releasing records that brought them to stardom. we see it with arctic monkeys n we see it with the weeknd, which can be very toxic. maroon 5 is a very different story though
@Fitchy-ke3wz
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Albums in one word, first album at the top.
Adrenaline- WPSIATWIN
Confidence- FWN
Reflection- Humbug
Hope- Suck it and See
Groove- AM
Vibe- TBHC
Sunset- The Car
@WilG082
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
I bought one of those 36k albums in the US in 2006 and I’ve been buying every album on release date ever since.
@juanvelez4246
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
Funny how wrong you were about the strokes! The new abnormal was amazing, you gotta do a video on that
@savage_c
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 am
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