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“When The Sun Goes Down” by Arctic Monkeys
From the album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2005)
“When The Sun Goes Down” by Arctic Monkeys appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2006 and 2021. It was first released in 2005 on the album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Its best result is #15 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 2006 and #6,239 alternative song of all time.
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"When the Sun Goes Down" was the second single from Arctic Monkeys' debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, and in January 2006 it followed "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" straight to number one in the UK. It used to go by "Scummy", which tells you where Alex Turner's head was: the song watches the street trade of Sheffield's Neepsend district through the eyes of a bystander, sizing up a girl on the corner and the shady character hanging around her.
Turner wrote the words and the music belongs to all four, with Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Andy Nicholson. Jim Abbiss produced and recorded it with Ewan Davies, Alan Smyth added extra recording, and Simon "Barny" Barnicott mixed it into a sharp, sneering sprint.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 104 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 15 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2006 | 30 |
| 2006 | 30 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 95 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2017) | 100 |
| 2018 | 100 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2018) | 100 |
| 2021 | 82 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2021) | 100 |
Also listed as: When the Sun Goes Down.
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