ARTIC MONKEYS - DO I WANNA KNOW?

DO I WANNA KNOW?

ARTIC MONKEYS

SONGWRITERS: ALEX TURNER & ARTIC MONKEYS

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: AM

LABEL: DOMINO RECORDING COMPANY

GENRE: INDIE ROCK

YEAR: 2013

 

         "Do I Wanna Know?" is a song by English rock band Arctic Monkeys written by Alex Turner. It was released on 19 June 2013 by Domino Recording Company as the second single from their fifth studio album, AM(2013). It received a digital download release through iTunes as well as an accompanying music video. Before its release as a single, the song was premiered by the band live in May 2013 on the AM Tour, where it was often played as the opening number. It is na indie rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock and blues rock song, and is built around a stomping guitar riff.

          "Do I Wanna Know?" peaked at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart, charted in several other countries and was the first Arctic Monkeys song to have ever entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, peaking at number 70 in March 2014. The song was nominated for Best Rock Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in 2015. In December 2019, the song was ranked number three on Guitar World's list of the 20 best guitar riffs of the decade.

Have you got colour in your cheeks?

Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift

The type that sticks around like summat in your teeth?

Are there some aces up your sleeve?

Have you no idea that you're in deep?

I've dreamt about you nearly every night this week

How many secrets can you keep?

'Cause there's this tune I found

That makes me think of you somehow

And I play it on repeat

Until I fall asleep

Spilling drinks on my settee

 

(Do I wanna know)

If this feeling flows both ways?

(Sad to see you go)

Was sorta hoping that you’d stay

(Baby, we both know)

That the nights were mainly made

For saying things that you can’t say tomorrow day

 

Crawling back to you

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?

'Cause I always do

Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new

Now, I've thought it through

Crawling back to you

 

So have you got the guts?

Been wondering if your heart's still open

And if so, I wanna know what time it shuts

Simmer down and pucker up

I'm sorry to interrupt, it's just I'm constantly on the cusp

Of trying to kiss you

I don't know if you feel the same as I do

But we could be together if you wanted to

 

(Do I wanna know)

If this feeling flows both ways?

(Sad to see you go)

Was sorta hoping that you’d stay

(Baby, we both know)

That the nights were mainly made

For saying things that you can’t say tomorrow day

 

Crawling back to you (crawling back to you)

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (You've had a few?)

'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)

Maybe I'm too (maybe I'm too busy)

Busy being yours (being yours)

To fall for somebody new

Now, I've thought it through

Crawling back to you

(Do I wanna know)

If this feeling flows both ways?

(Sad to see you go)

Was sorta hoping that you’d stay

(Baby, we both know)

That the nights were mainly made

For saying things that you can’t say tomorrow day

 

(Do I wanna know?)

Too busy being yours to fall

(Sad to see you go)

Ever thought of calling, darling?

(Do I wanna know?)

Do you want me crawling back to you?