Arctic Monkeys — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 85 songs across 7 albums by Arctic Monkeys. They use 2,859 unique words out of 8,052 (lexical richness MATTR 0.80), with an average of 95 content words per song. Emotional tone: 35% of songs positive, 45% neutral, 20% negative.
Most used words by Arctic Monkeys
- know (84)
- one (51)
- back (49)
- want (48)
- come (48)
- time (45)
- make (45)
- said (42)
- eyes (39)
- brick (39)
- take (38)
- little (37)
- see (36)
- around (36)
- thought (36)
- love (33)
- look (33)
- say (31)
- mind (30)
- night (30)
Signature phrases
- “wop shoo wop” (17)
- “shoo wop shoo” (17)
- “take easy little” (15)
- “looks fun” (13)
- “changes sun goes” (8)
- “said changes sun” (8)
- “four stars five” (8)
- “easy little come” (8)
- “little come stay” (8)
- “bear mind” (8)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (13)
- red (12)
- blue (6)
- silver (6)
- green (5)
- white (3)
- amber (2)
- tan (1)
Albums analyzed
- Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2005)
- Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
- Humbug (2009)
- Suck It and See (2011)
- AM (2013)
- Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
- The Car (2022)