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About When the Sun Goes Down by Arctic Monkeys
When the Sun Goes Down is credited to Arctic Monkeys on Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. This catalogue edition runs 3:20 and lists the song as track 11 of 13. The linked edition is dated 2006-01-16.
Catalogue artist credit: Arctic Monkeys.
Catalogue title: When the Sun Goes Down. Genre: Alternative. This catalogue edition is marked explicit. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
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Also represented from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: When The Sun Goes Down. Published by Arctic Monkeys - Topic. Video length: 3:22.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
Arctic Monkeys
Start with the repeating guitar figures of Do I Wanna Know? and R U Mine?, then compare the pace of I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor. 505 and I Wanna Be Yours offer more patient builds. Fluorescent Adolescent and Snap Out of It provide contrasting melodic entries.
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