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“Suck It and See” is a song about having an almost unhealthy affection for someone (“Your love is like a studded leather headlock/Be cruel to me, ‘cause I’m a fool for you”). It’s rather romantic but doesn’t stick to the usual clichés. Alex uses very creative metaphors, similes and other techniques to combine the beauty of a classic love song and reinvent it. It is the title track from Arctic Monkeys’ fourth album.

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What did Arctic Monkeys say about "Suck It and See"?
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From an interview with NME:

[“Suck It and See”] is something that I started writing when we were recording those Submarine tracks. It just sort of came to me that melody and chorus, it’s quite Beach Boys-y which is something I’ve been listening to a lot recently, and always have. We decided to make it the title track quite near the end – once the pedals thing didn’t really come off. When we played it to someone earlier they were asking us about the fizzy drink reference in that where it says “dandelion and burdock” – a lot of people don’t get that and don’t realise what it is.
— Alex Turner

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Sound City, Los Angeles
Release Date
June 6, 2011
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