Fake Tales of San Francisco (2:59)
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“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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2morrowww wrote:
i love it like it's my job
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xyuleex wrote:
best song ever!
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dontfollow wrote:
Ggggggrreat track
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Desmopip wrote:
power album!! i love this fuckin' band!!! =) GREAT SONG!
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rosman23 wrote:
and i can play it on guitar! great feeling xD i fucking love this band! but their new album is boring, actually =(
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juhpecker wrote:
their best song :DD
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tantan_tron wrote:
ohhhhh yeah :D
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Amanda53189 wrote:
My city!
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AlbionKyle wrote:
Yeah, it's true, can't find Hunter's Bar in SF. someone should open one. Or just rename the Rickshaw Stop SF to it.
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christyxx wrote:
so get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook.
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lala_gosling wrote:
fuckin' great ¡
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Shydiva10 wrote:
This is one their best!!!
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imgoinbackto505 wrote:
"all the weekend rockstars are in the toilets, practicing there lines." "yea but it his bird said it's amazing though so all that's left, is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf!" amazing lyrics, wonderful song. love arctic monkeysss
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joaquinsdad wrote:
word okcesar
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tardisgirl71 wrote:
love this!!!
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eleonorah wrote:
nice song, maybe my fav of them <3
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okcesar wrote:
Crudo retro que abofetea las normas del indie elegante, bulla prodigiosa por niños prodigios.
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papaaron wrote:
These guys must have a great record collection.
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gildedsplinter wrote:
great lyrics
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jules_vine wrote:
The last parte is amazing !
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