My Propeller

Album: Humbug (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the opening track from the English Alternative Rock band Arctic Monkeys third album, Humbug. The song was released as the LP's third single and the 10" vinyl, which features three new b-sides, was sold exclusively at Oxfam charity stores.
  • Many fans have interpreted the song title as a double-entendre and Alex Turner's lyrics to be of an uncharacteristically sexual nature. The Arctic Monkeys lyricist and chief songwriter denied this interpretation of the song's meaning to The London Times: "Absolutely not," Turner said. "If that was a euphemism, then I wouldn't be saying that my propeller wouldn't spin - 'cos you wouldn't wanna go shouting that out, would you?"
    When pressed as to what the song is really about, he added: "It's more describing a mood more than an organ. A descent. It's about a descent." Turner refused to elaborate any further.

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