"Snap Out of It" is a song by English

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band

Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, back ...

from their fifth studio album, '' AM''. The song was released as the album's sixth overall single on 9 June 2014, impacting

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in the United Kingdom.

Music video

The music video was directed by Focus Creeps and was released on 16 June 2014. In the video, a woman (

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) sits on her couch, and watches footage of the band recording in the studio. She gets fixated on frontman

Alex Turner Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is well known as the frontman and principal songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has released seven albums. He ...

and starts crying, dancing, and puts her face close to the television. Towards the end, she also appears in the recording, alluding to, that in the story, they were a couple and now they had broken up.

Critical reception

Mic Wright of ''

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'' wrote the song "has clicks, claps and the kind of catchy hooks that'll get you a job pumping out new songs for

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Personnel

;Arctic Monkeys *

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards *Jamie Cook – lead guitar *Nick O'Malley – bass guitar, backing vocals *

Matt Helders Matthew Helders (born 7 May 1986) is an English drummer, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has recorded seven studio albums. In 2015, Helders collaborated with Ig ...

– drums, backing vocals ;Additional personnel * James Ford – production

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References

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