The Bad Thing

About The Bad Thing

This song talks about the point of view of a boy who is approached flirtatiously by a girl, who seemingly wants to get with him, however the boy knows she has a significant other and is reluctant because of this but still struggles to reject her. Alex Turner for NME: "'I had a girlfriend most of last year so it weren’t like I was going mad after gigs or anything, but perhaps there’s more temptation and stuff now. There’s a lot of temptation in the album…. .

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About this song

Credited to

Arctic Monkeys

Album

Favourite Worst Nightmare · Track 10 of 12

Released

April 22, 2007

Duration

2:25

On Last.fm

881,459 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Favourite Worst Nightmare