R U Mine? / Electricity

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R U Mine? is the lead single for the 5th studio album AM, released February 27, 2012 as a digital download in the UK. Then released physically for the Record Store Day on April 21, 2012 on a limited 7' vinyl, along with a new song Electricity as the B Side. The vinyl has a limited number of copies made so it's very hard to find it. R U Mine?: delves into the relationship between casual flirtation and addictive lust, with Alex describing himself as just a “puppet” for her, completely under her control and compulsively begging for her affection. Electricity: describing the sexual desire he as for a girl. This desire is the Electricity. What Alex Turner said to NME about R U Mine?: 'There’s a few references for people to pick up on in there—‘Some Velvet Morning’, Tracy Island. Those references are just me being a smartarse. The song, not to get too heavy, is about that uncertainty that comes with love sometime. Wondering where you are with it all. That’s the undertone for the tune, but I threw in a Thunderbirds reference too. Just because. 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 backward, 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." The song was first played live on March 3, 2012, just days after it's release at the Joe Louis Arena, MI, USA. It is usually played at the end of their concerts as the last song of the encore. It has been played live over 400 time, making it one of their most performed song. While Electricity has never been played live. .

via Last.fm

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