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"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.

"Cornerstone"
Single by Arctic Monkeys
from the album Humbug
Released	16 November 2009 (2009-11-16)
Length	3:17
Label	Domino
Songwriter(s)	Alex Turner
Producer(s)	James Ford
Arctic Monkeys singles chronology
"Crying Lightning" (2009) "Cornerstone" (2009) "My Propeller" (2010)
Music video
"Cornerstone" on YouTube

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 holding a cassette recorder and microphone during the whole video.[3] The other members of the band (Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley) are not present in the video.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Arctic Monkeys

• Alex Turner – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jamie Cook – lead guitar
• Nick O'Malley – bass guitar
• Matt Helders – drums

Additional musicians

• John Ashton – keyboards

Charts

Being released as an EP in Oxfam shops, the single charted at number 94 in the UK charts and charted at number seven on the UK indie charts. It also debuted at number seven on the SoundScan singles charts for sales in Canada. One of the single's B-sides, "Sketchead", peaked at number 80 on the UK Singles Chart, fourteen places higher than "Cornerstone"'s peak position.[4]

Charts (2009)	Peak position
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[5]	68
Canadian Singles Chart	7
French Singles Chart[6]	42
UK Singles Chart	94
UK Indie Chart	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Cornerstone (song)

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[es] Cornerstone

«Cornerstone» es el segundo sencillo del tercer álbum de Arctic Monkeys, Humbug. El sencillo fue publicado el 16 de noviembre de 2009. Como el anterior sencillo Crying Lightning, el vinilo está disponible en tiendas Oxfam.[2] Alex Turner contó a la revista Uncut que escribió esta canción, "una mañana, bastante deprisa." Además dijo: "Hay que decir algo sobre escribir por la mañana. En otros momentos del día estás con la guardia más alta. Vi como un reto escribir algo en clave mayor, pero sin ser cursi."[3]

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