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No. 1 Party Anthem 

- Arctic Monkeys

Listed as the 6th song on the album, AM by Arctic Monkeys, No. 1 Party Anthem is described as an outlier amongst its surrounding songs. A bittersweet ballad, a contrast against the your typical "party anthem" known for being upbeat.

No. 1 Party Anthem describes a lack of confidence, putting on a front, and a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions in one night, all taking place in a bar.

" Call off the search for your soul, or put it on hold again " 

We're giving up on the search for the right one, a soulmate. Whether just for the night, or longer, we're not here for the purpose of finding someone long term. It seems we're well versed in one-night stands.

" As all the signals are sent, her eyes invite you to approach

And it seems as though those lumps in your throat

That you just swallowed have got you going 

Come on, come on, come on

Number one party anthem "

Here we are gathering the courage to approach a woman at this bar, a lump in our throat from nerves. Perhaps we took some sort of substance prior to this? We all know what "liquid confidence" is, after all. All the while, waiting, praying, for anything else to give us that extra push. A party anthem, sure to give anyone a boost of energy and motivation. 

" It's not like I'm falling in love I just want you to do me no good

And you look like you could "

My personal favorite lines there, sometimes we want something we know we shouldn't have. Sometimes we are drawn to signs of danger, sometimes that is all we know. Some seek it out, even if we are not conscious of it.

" The look of love - the rush of blood

The "She's with me" 's - the Gallic shrug "

Despite telling ourselves we shouldn't, it will never happen, we've quickly fallen in love. Or at least we think we have. And as quickly as we fell, the impact was harsher than we hoped. This girl is taken. We shrug it off. Is it an apologetic "I didn't know" or a dismissive "not my concern"? 

No 1. Party Anthem is all sorts bittersweet and melancholic, its irony residing not just in the title, but it's lyrics as well. This isn't a party anthem, nor did the anticipated party anthem ever play in its bar. We told ourselves we were done searching for "the one," we weren't falling in love. We're only expecting a one-night fling, pushing away that feeling of wanting more than that. And the one we thought we liked just maybe wasn't meant for us to begin with. Will the search continue? Or will this cycle continue?