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About This Track
“Fake Tales of San Francisco” is a song by Arctic Monkeys originally released on the band’s first EP Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys in May 2005. After being featured on the band’s debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, the song was released as a radio only single in the United States instead of “Leave Before the Lights Come On”, which was released there at the end of October. The song was also released in the Netherlands. The song was popular on US Modern Rock radio in the Fall of 2006 and peaked just below the bottom of the US Modern Rock chart.
The song with its has been one of the band’s signature tracks, with its popularity as the band’s first recorded track. The song derides a fictional South Yorkshire band for taking its inspiration from the USA while never having been there, with lyrics such as “I’d love to tell you all my problem / You’re not from New York City, you’re from Rotherham”, and “He talks of San Francisco, he’s from Hunter’s Bar”. The song’s title, meanwhile, has made it a fan-favorite in the United States.
The song with its has been one of the band’s signature tracks, with its popularity as the band’s first recorded track. The song derides a fictional South Yorkshire band for taking its inspiration from the USA while never having been there, with lyrics such as “I’d love to tell you all my problem / You’re not from New York City, you’re from Rotherham”, and “He talks of San Francisco, he’s from Hunter’s Bar”. The song’s title, meanwhile, has made it a fan-favorite in the United States.
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korotkova001 wrote:
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defyinglove wrote:
gr8
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JoJo_Bah wrote:
so great <:
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DJCPUG wrote:
You gotta love this one!!!!
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Markuswm wrote:
Fantastic
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Korner88 wrote:
As I like this song.........
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coloronthewalls wrote:
fantastic
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didin_mcrmy wrote:
yeah im sure its pretty faaarrrrr
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ElectricEra wrote:
"Love s'not only blind but deaf" Love this line.
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obscurecendo wrote:
you're not from new york city
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omarabbs wrote:
hippie soul :D
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Aluap10 wrote:
Fake Tales of San Francisco Echo through the air <3
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Daniela_Daniela wrote:
soo yummy
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Monade2010 wrote:
marvellous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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heroine-pretend wrote:
The band were fucking wank and I'm not having a nice time.
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PANNAS wrote:
good .really good
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automatic_ab wrote:
tight work!
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UnewFriend wrote:
good, very good!
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Linsouciance wrote:
The proof that love's not only blind but death
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camilita_052 wrote:
GREAAAAAAAAAAAT!
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