Top singles from the past
23 October 2025
British rock prodigies ARCTIC MONKEYS started their career in style when they hit
the top spot on the UK Singles Charts 20 years ago today ( yes, time is merciless), on
23 October 2005 with their debut I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR
from their first album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.
That was long before frontman/songwriter/guitarist
Alex Turner came up with his posh Elvis persona.
The song’s line “Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand” is a reference
to Duran Duran‘s hit ‘Rio’, the song also has references to Romeo and Juliet.
The girl on the single’s cover is named Jessie May Cuffe. She was discovered at a bar
by a Liverpool design company. Cuffe, 16 years old at the time, was chosen for the shoot, which took place at a SPAR retail store star shop in Liverpool. She wore a fake uniform, being mistaken for a store worker by customers.
