Song · Arctic Monkeys
“Body Paint” by Arctic Monkeys
From the album The Car (2022)
“Body Paint” by Arctic Monkeys appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2022. It was first released in 2022 on the album The Car. Its best result is #79 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #363 alternative song of 2022.
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"Body Paint" was the second taste of The Car, Arctic Monkeys' seventh studio album, arriving through Domino on 29 September 2022, a few weeks ahead of the record. Alex Turner wrote it alone, and James Ford produced and mixed it and shares the arrangement credit with Turner and Bridget Samuels. The tags pile up, baroque pop, orchestral pop, art rock, and critics reached for the Beatles, Burt Bacharach and David Bowie as they praised its production, its arrangement and Turner's singing. It debuted at number 22 in the UK and earned a 66th Grammy Awards nod for Best Alternative Music Performance.
Brook Linder directed the video, with Ben Chappell as creative director, cutting between an editing room and the band performing on a film-studio set, all shot on Ektachrome because Turner and Chappell insisted on film.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 88 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2022 | 91 |
| 2022 | 93 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 | 109 |
| 2022 | 79 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022 | 100 |
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