One for the Road (song)

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"One for the Road"
Arctic Monkeys One for the Road.jpg
Single by Arctic Monkeys
from the album AM
B-side "You're So Dark"
Released9 December 2013 (2013-12-09)
Recorded
Genre Rock
Length3:26
Label Domino
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Alex Turner
Producer(s)
Arctic Monkeys singles chronology
"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
(2013)		"One for the Road"
(2013)		"Arabella"
(2014)
Music video
"One for the Road" on YouTube

"One for the Road" is a song by English band Arctic Monkeys from their fifth studio album, AM . It was released on 9 December 2013 as the fourth single from the album. [2] The single is available in the 7" vinyl format, [3] and as a digital download, and features a B-side titled "You're So Dark". On 6 December 2013, Arctic Monkeys released the B-side's official audio track onto YouTube. [4]

Contents

Music and composition

"One for the Road" is a rock song [5] [6] with R&B influences. [7] Featuring backing vocals from rock musician and Humbug producer Josh Homme, [8] the song also features influences from Homme's band, Queens of the Stone Age. [6] The song starts with high-pitched "woo" sounds performed by drummer Matt Helders and continues with "a bluesy chunky riff" and "Americana-tinged rockabilly twang." [9]

Music video

A music video for the song, filmed in Mendota, Illinois, [10] was released on 23 October 2013. [11] It was shot in black-and-white, and directed by Focus Creeps, with whom the band previously worked on several videos in 2011 and 2012, including the NME Award-winning video for "R U Mine?". [12] The video shows Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook driving tractors in three-piece suits, the band striking poses in a cornfield, and a party featuring models and fireworks. [3]

On the video, Aaron Brown of Focus Creeps said: "It's really just a remake of "R U Mine?", but on a hi-fi camera, but then they have this lo-fi cars, which are tractors." [13]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Alex Turner; all music is composed by Arctic Monkeys [1]

7", digital download [14]
No.TitleLength
1."One for the Road"3:26
2."You're So Dark"3:02

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [15] 76
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [16] 112
UK Indie (OCC) [17] 14

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [19] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormat(s)Label
United Kingdom [2] 9 December 2013
 Domino
United States [3] 10 December 2013

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