I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: F#5 N.C E5 :|| x8
||: F# Minor Pentatonic climb (E5) :|| x8
||: C#5 B5 | A5 F#5 :|| x4
Verse 1
||: C#5 B5 | A5 F#5 :||
Stop making the eyes at me, I’ll stop making the eyes at you.
What it is that surprises me, is that I don’t really want you to.
And your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night). Oh, but you’re an explosion (you’re dynamite).
Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand. And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh.
Chorus 1
| F#5 | F#5 | A5 |
I bet that you look good on the dance floor,
| A5 | E5 | E5 | F#5 | F#5 |
I don’t know if you’re looking for romance or, I don’t know what you’re looking for.
| F#5 | F#5 | A5 |
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor,
| A5 | E5 | E5 | C#5 | C#5 |
dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984. Well, from 1984.
Instrumental 1
||: C#m Bm | A F#m :|| x4
Verse 2
I wish you’d stop ignoring me, because you’re sending me to despair.
Without a sound, yeah, you’re calling me and I don’t think it’s very fair.
That your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night). Oh, but you’re an explosion (you’re dynamite).
Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand. And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh.
Chorus 2
I bet that you look good on the dance floor,
I don’t know if you’re looking for romance or, I don’t know what you’re looking for.
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor,
dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984. Well, from 1984.
Middle 8
| A5 | A5 | E5 | E5 | F#5 | F#5 |
Oh, there ain’t no love, no Montagues or Capulets.
| F#5 | F#5 | A5 | A5 | E5 | E5 |
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and, dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness.
Instrumental 2
||: F#5 N.C E5 :|| x8
||: F#5 (E5) :|| x8
Chorus 3
| N.C | N.C | A5 |
Well, I bet that you look good on the dance floor,
| A5 | E5 | E5 | F#5 | F#5 |
I don’t know if you’re looking for romance or. I don’t know what you’re looking for.
| F#5 | F#5 | A5 |
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor,
| A5 | E5 | E5 | C#5 | C#5 | F#5 |
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984. I said, from 1984.
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor Chords: Dissecting the Rock Progressions
The intro features a climbing F# minor pentatonic scale, foreshadowing what’s to come, as all of I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’s chords are rooted in this scale: 1 – m3 – 4 – 5 – b7 (F# – A – B – C# – E).
With this in mind, let’s break down each section.
The verse follows a descending chord progression: III – II – I – VI. By using power chords (5 chords)—which omit the 3rd—the song achieves an indie/punk/garage-rock feel, like this:
||: C#5 B5 | A5 F#5 :||
The chorus moves in the opposite direction at first, starting with a VI – I progression—essentially a reversed minor fall. It then dips below the key centre, creating this movement: F#5 – A5 – E5. The sequence repeats, adding a C#5 at the end:
| F#5 (VI) | F#5 | A5 (I) |
| A5 | E5 (V) | E5 | F#5 | F#5 |
| F#5 | F#5 | A5 |
| A5 | E5 | E5 | C#5 | C#5 |
The instrumental section mirrors the verse progression but introduces triads instead of power chords:
||: C#m (III) Bm (II) | A (I) F#m (VI) :||
This subtle shift opens the arrangement up, making the return to tight power chords with vocals feel even more impactful. A clever songwriting and production trick from the Sheffield-born lads!
Here’s a chord chart.
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I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor was Arctic Monkeys’ breakthrough single!
“Don’t believe the hype!”—a phrase as legendary as the album it introduced—was uttered by Alex Turner in 2005, just before the band performed what would become their biggest song.
This live recording, played in front of a small TV-style set audience, became the official music video for their debut single. Off the back of its success, Arctic Monkeys released their highly anticipated debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, in 2006.
More than just their first single, I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor catapulted the band to fame overnight. Released in 2005, it debuted at #1—a feat made even more remarkable considering it arrived before the album.
On NME’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, it ranked #7!
Like so many bands before them, Arctic Monkeys have had other hits, but they’ve never quite topped their debut.
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