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“There'd Better Be A Mirrorball” by Arctic Monkeys
From the album The Car (2022)
“There'd Better Be A Mirrorball” by Arctic Monkeys appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 2022. It was first released in 2022 on the album The Car. Its best result is #26 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #79 alternative song of 2022 and #453 of the '20s.
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Arctic Monkeys put out "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball" in August 2022, two months ahead of The Car, their seventh album, and it asked for a slow dance rather than a mosh. Alex Turner wrote it alone and, even while composing, sensed it was where the record began; the result leans into traditional pop and jazz, a velvet late-night ballad that takes its sweet time.
James Ford produced and mixed it, and he shares the arrangement credit with Turner and Bridget Samuels. Turner also directed the video, shooting it on his own 16 mm camera with a 1970s tint and catching the band at work on the record. Critics swooned over the craft, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 | 109 |
| 2022 | 51 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
| 2022 | 26 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 40 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 77 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022 | 100 |
Also listed as: There'd Better Be a Mirrorball.
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