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Black Treacle

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B-side
  
"You and I"

Format
  
7", Digital download

Length
  
3:35

Released
  
23 January 2012

Genre
  
Indie rock

Label
  
Domino

"Black Treacle" is a song by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released as the fourth single from their fourth studio album Suck It and See and was released as a digital download and a 7" vinyl on 23 January 2012. The single was limited to only 1500 copies.

The 7" vinyl features only one B-side titled "You and I" and is credited to Richard Hawley and The Death Ramps. The Death Ramps is a pseudonym previously adopted by the band when they released "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" single and a limited edition vinyl with "Teddy Picker" b-sides "Nettles" and "The Death Ramps" back in 2007.

A promo video was made for "You and I" which consists of footage while recording the song at the studio and of the band riding motorbikes on the peaks outside Sheffield near Dore. The music video for the single premiered on 5 January 2012 and for "You and I" premiered on 23 January 2012 on YouTube.

Personnel

Arctic Monkeys
  • Alex Turner - lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals (track 2)
  • Jamie Cook - lead & rhythm guitar
  • Nick O'Malley - bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Helders - drums, backing vocals
  • Additional Personnel
  • Richard Hawley - lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitar (track 2)
  • References

    Black Treacle Wikipedia