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“Four Out Of Five” by Arctic Monkeys
From the album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
“Four Out Of Five” by Arctic Monkeys appears on 11 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2018 and 2019. It was first released in 2018 on the album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. Its best result is #10 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 2018.
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"Four Out Of Five" was the first taste of Arctic Monkeys' sixth album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, arriving on Domino in May 2018, and it's one of the few songs on that record willing to hand you an honest-to-goodness chorus. Alex Turner wrote it alone and produced it with James Ford, who also mixed it, and the pair drape it in glam-rock finery that sent reviewers straight to their Bowie records, with side glances at Suck It and See and Turner's Last Shadow Puppets.
The joke is pure Turner: a taqueria perched on the roof of the album's hotel, basking in notices that stop one star short of perfect. He told Zane Lowe the gag was aimed at critics who never award full marks. Around the punchline he drifts through war, natural disasters, space colonisation and gentrification without cracking a smile.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 68 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 35 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 87 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 67 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 | 103 |
| 2018 | 44 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 23 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 95 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 811 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 874 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 874 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
Also listed as: Four Out of Five.
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