R U Mine?

"R U Mine?"
Single by Arctic Monkeys
from the album AM
B-side "Electricity"
Released 27 February 2012
Format Digital download, 7"
Recorded January 2012 in Sheffield, UK[1]
Genre
Length 3:20
Label Domino
Writer(s) Alex Turner, Nick O'Malley[7]
Producer(s) Ross Orton
Arctic Monkeys singles chronology
"Black Treacle"
(2012)		 "R U Mine?"
(2012)		 "Come Together"
(2012)

"R U Mine?" is a song by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2012 and was released physically for the Record Store Day on 21 April 2012 on a limited edition double A-side purple 7" vinyl along with new song "Electricity". The vinyl was limited to a run of only 1750 copies.

"R U Mine?" debuted at number twenty-three on the UK Singles Chart; the band's highest charting single since "Crying Lightning" reached number twelve in July 2009. Despite originally being released as a standalone single, the song was later included on their fifth studio album, AM, in a slightly different version.

The song was also featured in the video games Forza Horizon[8] and Rocksmith 2014.[9] It was released as a downloadable song for the rhythm game Rock Band 3 on January 13, 2015; one of the first three downloadable songs released for Rock Band 3 in almost two years.

Inspiration

Alex Turner said that the band drew inspiration from recent realationships, saying "There's a few references for people to pick up on in there – 'Some Velvet Morning', Tracy Island. That particular bit is like the thing Lil Wayne and Drake do. We've been listening to a lot of their stuff recently. I like that thing they do where they talk about something backwards, so they talk about it but then say what it actually is on the next line. It's hard to explain but I guess it's a little nod to that idea. So I say, 'I'm a puppet on a string', just before mentioning Tracy Island. That's what it's about – uncertainty."[10]

Music videos

A music video to accompany the release of "R U Mine?" was first released onto YouTube on 27 February 2012 at a total length of three minutes and forty-four seconds and features radio DJ and musician Steve Jones debuting the song on his show on American modern rock radio station KROQ-FM while the band lip-sync the song in a car.[11] In 2013, the video won the NME Award for Best Video.[12]

A second video has been released onto YouTube on 29 March 2012, following their live show in Mexico City one day earlier. The video depicts a live performance of the song and shots of the excited crowd. It ends with an image of Turner's microphone with two bras hanging from it.[13]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "R U Mine?"   3:20
7" (UK Record Store Day limited edition) and second digital download
No. Title Length
1. "R U Mine?"   3:20
2. "Electricity"   3:01

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys

Charts

"R U Mine?"

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 94
Canada: Active Rock[15] 49
Canada: Alternative Rock[16] 27
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[17] 11
Irish Singles Chart 65
France (SNEP)[18] 147
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] 23
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[20] 2
Chart (2014-2015) Peak
position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[21] 39
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[22] 5
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[23] 2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[24] 19
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[25] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[26] 84

"Electricity"

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Indie (Official Charts Company)[20] 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[27] 128

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom[28] 27 February 2012 Digital download Domino Recording Company
United States[29] 12 March 2012 Modern rock radio
United Kingdom[30] 21 April 2012 Double A-side 7" vinyl

References

  1. ↑ "40 Things We've Learned About Arctic Monkeys' 'AM' - Photo 22". NME. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Apple ITunes - R U Mine single". 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Arctic Monkeys Are Full of Late-Night Surprises on 'AM'". Yahoo!. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys - AM". Uncut. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Listen to a new Arctic Monkeys track". [V] Music. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys: 'R U Mine?'". Rolling Stone. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  7. ↑ http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=16316283&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
  8. ↑ "Soundtrack - Forza Horizon Wiki Guide". IGN. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Rocksmith 2014 Song List & Downloadable Content (DLC)". Ubisoft. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner: 'R U Mine?' references Drake and Lil Wayne'". NME. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  11. ↑ Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? on YouTube
  12. ↑ "NME Awards 2013 – as it happened". NME. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? - Live in Mexico City on YouTube
  14. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 2 April 2012" (PDF) (1153). Pandora Archive. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  15. ↑ Rock, Canadian (4 April 2012). "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Active Rock - April 3, 2012". Canadianrockalt.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  16. ↑ Rock, Canadian (22 May 2012). "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - May 22, 2012". Canadianrockalt.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  19. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2012-03-10" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Archive Chart: 2012-03-10" UK Indie Chart. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Arctic Monkeys. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for Arctic Monkeys. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  23. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Arctic Monkeys. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  24. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Arctic Monkeys. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  25. ↑ "Arctic Monkeys Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Arctic Monkeys. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  27. ↑ "New Entries > Week Ending: May 5, 2012". Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  28. ↑ "R U Mine?: Arctic Monkeys". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  29. ↑ "Alternative (Week Of: March 12, 2012)". Radio & Records. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  30. ↑ "R U Mine? / Electricity (Rsd) [Vinyl Single] [Vinyl]: Arctic Monkeys". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2014.