Fake Tales of San Francisco

Infobox Single
Name = Fake Tales of San Francisco
Artist = Arctic Monkeys
from Album = Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Released = August 2006 (US Only)
Format = Radio-only Single
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Indie rock
Length =
Label = Domino
Writer = Alex Turner
Producer = Jim Abbiss and Alan Smyth
Certification =
Chart position =
* #31 (Netherlands)
* #40 (US Modern Rock)
Last single = "When the Sun Goes Down"
(2006)
This single = "Fake Tales of San Francisco"
(2006)
Next single = "Leave Before the Lights Come On"
(2006)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Type = studio
Tracks =
# "The View from the Afternoon"
# "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
# "Fake Tales of San Francisco"
# "Dancing Shoes"
# "You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me"
# "Still Take You Home"
# "Riot Van"
# "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured"
# "Mardy Bum"
# "Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But..."
# "When the Sun Goes Down"
# "From the Ritz to the Rubble"
# "A Certain Romance"

"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 [ [http://www.mardy-bum.com/news/pages/50 Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys Fansite - Arctic Monkeys Lyrics - Arctic Monkeys Videos - Arctic Monkeys Audio ] ] 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 [ [http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=17646&sort=chartid Arctic Monkeys Fake Tales Of San Francisco @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries ] ] . 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.

Music video

The music video for the song is the same as when it was previously released on "Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys". Directed by a friend of the band, the video features a compilation of footage of some of the band's earliest performances at various gigs and was given airplay in the UK on MTV Two in 2005. Although he has now left the band, the video includes several shots of former-bassist Andy Nicholson.

Misheard lyrics

A commonly misheard line within this song is the "Get off the Bandwagon" chanting section, which is often misheard as "Get off the bandwagon, put down the anchor" or "Get off the bandwagon, put down the handgun" The correct line is actually "Get off the bandwagon, put down the handbook", [ [http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/arcticmonkeys.shtml Misheard Song Lyrics for Arctic Monkeys ] ] due to the tendency for Northerners to drop the 'H' sound.

References

External links

* [http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/albumlyricscontent.aspx?id=3#3 "Fake Tales of San Francisco" Lyrics]