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Up the Bracket (song)

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Released
  
September 30, 2002

Length
  
2:38

Format
  
CD, 7"

Label
  
Rough Trade Records

Genre
  
Garage rock revival, indie rock, alternative rock

Writer(s)
  
Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

"Up the Bracket" is the second single from the Libertines and their first from debut album Up the Bracket.

Contents

The song alludes to London street crime: the "two shadow men on the Vallance Road" who the protagonist defies are a reference to the Kray brothers, two notorious London gangsters of the 1960s; the title is a slang term used by comedian Tony Hancock for a punch to the throat; while "two crooked fingers" refers to the V-sign. "Joseph bloody in the hole" is a reference to Genesis, chapter 37.

In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Up the Bracket" at number 47 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

CD 1

  1. "Up the Bracket" - 2:41
  2. "Boys in the Band" - 3:41
  3. "Skag & Bone Man" - 1:46

CD 2

  1. "Up the Bracket" - 2:41
  2. "The Delaney" - 2:39
  3. "Plan A" - 3:22

7"

  1. "Up the Bracket" - 2:41
  2. "Boys in the Band" - 3:41

References

Up the Bracket (song) Wikipedia