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Suck It and See by Arctic Monkeys
Suck It and See is an album by Arctic Monkeys, released in 2011. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair”, on 8 lists with a best position of #11.
Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys' fourth album, came out on Domino on 6 June 2011. Alex Turner wrote the songs on an acoustic guitar in 2010, in the Brooklyn place he was living in at the time, and the band cut them early the next year at Sound City in Los Angeles with their longtime producer James Ford, going mostly for live takes rather than piling on overdubs.
After the murk of Humbug, this one lets the light in: jangly guitar pop with a psychedelic haze, touches of surf, country, glam and post-punk, and Turner, flanked by Jamie Cook on guitar, Nick O'Malley on bass and Matt Helders on drums, crooning about romance, heartbreak, getting older and being alone, full of film references and British slang. The title, a British way of saying give it a go, raised eyebrows in America and was censored in places. It still gave them a fourth straight number-one debut in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Suck It and See on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair | 8 | #11 | – | 2011–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.