Cornerstone (song)

Humbug track listing
"My Propeller" "Crying Lightning" "Dangerous Animals" "Secret Door" "Potion Approaching" "Fire and the Thud" "Cornerstone" "Dance Little Liar" "Pretty Visitors" "The Jeweller's Hands"

"Cornerstone" is a song by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released as the second single from their third album Humbug. It was released on 16 November 2009. Like the previous single "Crying Lightning", the vinyl was made available in Oxfam shops.^[1] Alex Turner told Uncut magazine that he wrote this song, "one morning, quite quickly." He added: "There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day you're a bit more defensive. I saw it as a challenge to write something in a major key, but that wasn't cheesy."^[2] It was originally written in the key of A Major. In October 2013 it was sampled by the rapper Dom Kennedy for the song "Pleeze" on his album Get Home Safely.

Music video

The music video for the single debuted on Channel 4 in the UK on 15 October 2009.

The music video, directed by Richard Ayoade, who worked on the videos of "Fluorescent Adolescent", "Crying Lightning" and their "At the Apollo" DVD, shows frontman Alex Turner singing the song alone in a white room during the whole video. The other members of the band (Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley) are not present in the video.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alex Turner; all music composed by Arctic Monkeys.

7" (RUG349)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cornerstone"	3:20
2.	"Catapult"	3:28

10" (RUG349T), MP3 digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cornerstone"	3:20
2.	"Catapult"	3:28
3.	"Sketchead"	2:02
4.	"Fright Lined Dining Room"	3:26

Credits and personnel

Arctic Monkeys

Alex Turner - lead vocals & acoustic guitars
Jamie Cook - lead guitars
Nick O'Malley - bass guitar
Matt Helders - drums, percussion

Additional musicians

James Ford - keyboards

Charts

Being released as an EP in Oxfam shops, the single charted at number 94 in the UK charts and charted at 7 on the UK indie charts. It also debuted at number 7 on the Soundscan singles charts for sales in Canada. One of the single's B-sides, "Sketchead", peaked at number 80 on the UK Single Charts, fourteen places higher than "Cornerstone"'s peak position.^[3]

Charts (2009)	Peak position
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)^[4]	68
Canadian Singles Chart	7
French Singles Chart^[5]	42
UK Singles Chart	94
UK Indie Chart	7

References

↑ New single announcement
↑ Cornerstone Songfacts
↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: A - Azzido Da Bass". Zobbel. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
↑ Belgium Flanders Singles Chart
↑ French Singles Chart

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Arctic Monkeys singles

Discography Songs

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" "When the Sun Goes Down"

Favourite Worst Nightmare	"Brianstorm" "Fluorescent Adolescent" "Teddy Picker"

Humbug	"Crying Lightning" "Cornerstone" "My Propeller"

Suck It and See	"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" "Suck It and See" "Black Treacle"

AM	"R U Mine?" "Do I Wanna Know?" "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" "One for the Road" "Arabella" "Snap Out of It"

Standalone singles	"Leave Before the Lights Come On" "Matador" "Come Together"

Other songs	"The View from the Afternoon" "Fake Tales of San Francisco" "Brick by Brick"

as Death Ramps	"Bad Woman" (featuring Richard Hawley) "The Death Ramps" "Nettles" "Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)" (featuring Miles Kane) "You and I" (featuring Richard Hawley)

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