Songfacts®:

• This song is about an odd-looking fan who had managed to talk his way into the band's dressing room at a gig in Osaka, Japan. Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said: "When he left the room, we were a bit freaked out by his presence. So we did a brainstorm for what he was like, drew a little picture and wrote things about him."
  
  Guitarist Jamie Cook added: "He was right weird. He just appeared with like a business card and like a round neck T-shirt and a tie loosely around it, I'd never seen that before. It felt like he was trying to get inside your mind. We were checking out his attire - it freaked us out. He definitely left a mark on us. He might have been a magician. He might even be here now. But if we ever find out who he was, it might spoilt it." (Both quotes from NME April 23, 2007)
• The title of the album Favourite Worst Nightmare comes from a line in the song "D Is For Dangerous." >>>

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• Favourite Worst Nightmare won the 2008 Brit Award for Best British Album. The Monkeys also won the Best British Band award at the same ceremony.