I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys · 2005
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I don't know what you're looking for
- I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
- Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
- Well, from 1984
Sing it again — final chorus
- I don't know what you're looking for
- I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
- Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
- Well, from 1984
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'll stop making my eyes at you
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, but you're an explosion You're dynamite
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I wish you'd stop ignoring me
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
What it is that surprises me is
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Might result in a bang, b-b-bang-go
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Stop ? the eyes at me
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Oh, but ? an explosion (You're dynamite)
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I don't know what you're ? for
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Without a ? yeah
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I don't know if you're looking for ? or
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 20
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?
"you're"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
- I don't know what you're looking for
- Stop making the eyes at me
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- I'll stop making my eyes at you
- Well, from 1984
- Without a sound, yeah
Exercise 26
Imagine you are making a short film with "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 27
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 28
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'll→don't→you're→isn't→you'd→it's→
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).