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"Cornerstone" 
Single by Arctic Monkeys from the album Humbug B-side "Catapult"
"Sketchhead"
"Fright Lined Dining Room"Released 16 November 2009 Format 7", 10" Genre Psychedelic rock, indie rock[1], post-punk revival, neo-psychedelia Length 3:20 Label Domino Writer(s) Alex Turner Producer James Ford Arctic Monkeys singles chronology "Crying Lightning"
(2009)"Cornerstone"
(2009)"My Propeller"
(2010)Humbug track listing - "My Propeller"
- "Crying Lightning"
- "Dangerous Animals"
- "Secret Door"
- "Potion Approaching"
- "Fire and the Thud"
- "Cornerstone"
- "Dance Little Liar"
- "Pretty Visitors"
- "The Jeweller's Hands"
"Cornerstone" is a song by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released as the second single from their third album Humbug. It was released on 16 November 2009. Like the previous single "Crying Lightning", the vinyl was made available in Oxfam shops.[2] Alex Turner told Uncut magazine that he wrote this song, "one morning, quite quickly." He added: "There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day you're a bit more defensive. I saw it as a challenge to write something in a major key, but that wasn't cheesy."[3] It was originally written in the key of A Major.
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Music video
The music video for the single debuted on Channel 4 in the UK on 15 October 2009.
The music video, directed by Richard Ayoade, who worked on the videos of "Fluorescent Adolescent", "Crying Lightning" and their "At the Apollo" DVD, shows frontman Alex Turner singing the song alone in a white room during the whole video. The other members of the band (Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley) are not present in the video.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Alex Turner, all music composed by Arctic Monkeys.
7" (RUG349) No. Title Length 1. "Cornerstone" 3:20 2. "Catapult" 3:28 10" (RUG349T), MP3 digital download No. Title Length 1. "Cornerstone" 3:20 2. "Catapult" 3:28 3. "Sketchead" 2:02 4. "Fright Lined Dining Room" 3:26 Charts
Being released as an EP in Oxfam shops, the single charted at number 94 in the UK charts, 99 in the Australian charts and charted at 7 on the UK indie charts. It also debuted at number 7 on the Soundscan singles charts for sales in Canada.
Charts (2009) Peak
positionAustralian Singles Chart 99 Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] 68 Canadian Singles Chart 7 French Singles Chart[5] 42 Polish Singles Chart[6] 46 UK Singles Chart 94 UK Indie Chart 7 References
- ^ "BBC - Seven Ages of Rock "What the World Is Waiting For"". Seven Ages of Rock. 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/programmes/what-the-world-is-waiting-for. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ New single announcement
- ^ Cornerstone Songfacts
- ^ Belgium Flanders Singles Chart
- ^ French Singles Chart
- ^ "Polish Singles Chart". http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/notowania/?numer=1449.
Arctic Monkeys Studio albums Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) · Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) · Humbug (2009) · Suck It and See (2011)Extended plays Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys (2005) · Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (2006) · iTunes Live: London Festival '11 (2011)Other albums Beneath the Boardwalk (2004) · At the Apollo (2007)Singles "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" · "When the Sun Goes Down" · "Leave Before the Lights Come On" · "Brianstorm" · "Fluorescent Adolescent" · "Teddy Picker" · "Crying Lightning" · "Cornerstone" · "My Propeller" · "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" · "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" · "Suck It and See"Other songs "The View from the Afternoon" · "Fake Tales of San Francisco" · "Matador" · "The Death Ramps" · "Brick by Brick"Video albums Scummy Man · At the ApolloTours Related articles Categories:- 2009 singles
- Arctic Monkeys songs
- Charity singles
- Songs written by Alex Turner
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