{{short description|2018 single by Arctic Monkeys}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox song | name = Four Out of Five | cover = File:Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five cover art.png | caption = Promotional CD single cover art | type = single | artist = Arctic Monkeys | album = Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | released = {{Start date|2018|05|13|df=y}} | recorded = 2017–2018 | genre = Glam rock | length = {{Duration|m=5|s=12}} | label = Domino | writer = Alex Turner | producer = * James Ford * Alex Turner | prev_title = Snap Out of It | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Audio sample | type = single | file = Arctic Monkeys - Four Out Of Five.ogg }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|71Es-8FfATo|"Four Out of Five"}}}} }}
"'''Four Out of Five'''" is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, ''Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino'' (2018), on 13 May 2018, with an accompanying music video.<ref name="COS"/><ref name="Indie"/>
==Composition and lyrics== Musically "Four Out of Five" has been described as glam rock,<ref name="Clash">{{Cite web |url=http://clashmusic.com/reviews/arctic-monkeys-tranquility-base-hotel-casino |title=Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino |date=11 May 2018 |website=Clash |access-date=16 May 2018}}</ref> being compared to the works of David Bowie.<ref name="Uncut">{{cite web |url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbFG-EQVAAA_Ezh.jpg:large |title=Article |website=pbs.twimg.com}}</ref> The song is one of few on the album to feature a traditional chorus,<ref name="Clash"/> and has been likened to the band's ''Suck It and See'' as well as ''Everything You've Come to Expect'' by Turner's side-project The Last Shadow Puppets.<ref name="NME"/> The track has also been compared to stylistic subversions by King Crimson, Jim O'Rourke and Billy Joel, "stomping with an eerie, psychedelic whimsy that seems to come naturally".<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/arctic-monkeys-four-out-of-five|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|title="Four Out of Five" by Arctic Monkeys Review|work=Pitchfork|date=11 May 2018|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>
The song's absurdist lyrics describe a taqueria on the roof of the album's titular hotel that has been ironically receiving "rave reviews, four stars out of five".<ref name="Pitchfork"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-most-brilliant-and-surprising-lyrics-on-tranquility-base-hotel-casino-2311731 |title=The most brilliant and surprising lyrics on Arctic Monkeys' 'Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino' |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=11 May 2018 |website=NME |access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref> In an interview with Zane Lowe for Beats 1, Alex Turner explained the track's ironic jokes are about critics who "never give a perfect 100".<ref name="Beats1"/> Thematically the song alludes to a variety of topics including war, natural disasters, space colonisation, and gentrification. The song's narrator has been described as "the self-aggrandizing narcissist anticipating a big reaction, now tasked with filling up the silence", with the "mocking and self-aware" Turner's vocals "sung in a grizzly, demonic croon that's vaguely unstable, like he's either about to break into tears or hysterical laughter".<ref name="Pitchfork"/>
==Music video== The music video was directed by Ben Chappell and Aaron Brown and was released on 13 May 2018 through the band's official YouTube account.<ref name="COS"/> The video features Alex Turner taking up the directorial chair and channeling several film influences, producing "video lifestyle packages" seemingly for the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. Among the packages being filmed, an alternative version of Turner without a beard is seen traversing tunnels, as well as the band playing at a country estate and assistants dressed in red overalls dressing the sets and taming a horse. Many of the scenes and shots were highly inspired by Stanley Kubrick movies. The video was filmed at Castle Howard in the band's native county of Yorkshire<ref name="Metro"/> with the underground scenes being filmed at Munich Marienplatz station in Munich, Germany.
==Critical reception== Sam Sodomsky of ''Pitchfork'' praised the track, referring to it as "in a peculiar spot as both ''Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino's'' most immediate song and one of its oddest". He described the track as one of the album's highlights, in which its "risks build to something extraordinary". He noted that the track was "an escape, an invitation to forget everything you know about this wildly popular band and take them on their own terms", comparing it positively to less successful "rock reinventions" by Arcade Fire and Jack White, with the track instead displaying "a striking, recharged imagination". He concludes that the track "makes the future – as bleak as it may be – seem a lot more fun".<ref name="Pitchfork"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Promotional CD single {{small|(Domino RUG942CDP)}}<ref name="CD"/> | title1 = Four Out of Five | note1 = edit | length1 = 4:25 | title2 = Four Out of Five | note2 = album version | length2 = 5:12 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from ''Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino'' liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino|others=Arctic Monkeys|year=2018|type=booklet|publisher=Domino Recording Company|id=WIGLP339|location=London}}</ref>
*Alex Turner – vocals, backing vocals, piano, bass, organ, guitar, acoustic guitar *Jamie Cook – guitar *Tom Rowley – electric guitar / solo *Matt Helders – drums *Loren Humphrey – drums *James Righton – Wurlitzer *Josephine Stephenson – piano *James Ford – percussion, synthesiser, Orchestron, acoustic guitar, rotary timpani
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/5/aria-chart-watch-473/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #473|publisher=auspOp|date=19 May 2018|access-date=19 May 2018|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327235359/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/5/aria-chart-watch-473/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 80 |- {{single chart|Flanders|45|artist=Arctic Monkeys|song=Four Out of Five|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 May 2018}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|24|artist=Arctic Monkeys|song=Four Out of Five|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 July 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|38|artist=Arctic Monkeys|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 May 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| Iceland (RÚV)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/thaettir/vinsaeldalisti-rasar-2|publisher=RÚV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308212242/http://ruv.is/thaettir/vinsaeldalisti-rasar-2|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2015|title=TOPPLISTINN 23. JUNI 2018|access-date=19 June 2018}}</ref> | 12 |- ! scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|title=IRMA – Irish Charts|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref> | 30 |- ! scope="row"|Netherlands Single Tip (MegaCharts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=st&year=2018&date=20180519|title=Netherlands Single Tip Chart - May 19, 2018|publisher=Mega Charts|date=19 May 2018|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref> | 7 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2018-05-18|title=NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=21 May 2018|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> | 2 |- {{single chart|Portugal|12|artist=Arctic Monkeys|song=Four Out of Five|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 June 2018}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|91|date=20180518|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 May 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3730-canciones-semana-20-2018|title=Top 100 Canciones – Semana 20: del 11.05.2018 al 17.05.2018|publisher=Productores de Música de España|access-date=23 May 2018|language=es|format=PDF}}</ref> | 87 |- {{single chart|UK|18|date=20180518|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|UKdownload|83|date=20180518|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 December 2020}} |- ! scope="row"|UK Singles Sales Chart (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/20180518/7509/ |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|83 |- {{singlechart|UKindie|2|date=20180518|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 June 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|12|artist=Arctic Monkeys|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|20|artist=Arctic Monkeys|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 May 2018}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2018) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| US Adult Alternative Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/adult-alternative-songs |title=Adult Alternative Songs: Year End 2018 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 49 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Arctic Monkeys|title=Four Out of Five|award=Silver|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=16560-1053-1|access-date=24 July 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label ! Catalogue no. |- ! scope="row"| Various | 13 May 2018 | Contemporary hit radio | Domino | RUG942CDP<ref name="CD">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/12033445-Four-Out-Of-Five/images |title=''"Four Out of Five"'' |type=rear cover |publisher=Domino Recording Company |year=2018 |others=Arctic Monkeys |place=London |id=RUG942CDP}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="COS">{{cite web |last1=Kaye |first1=Ben |title=Arctic Monkeys share video for "Four Out of Five": Watch |url=https://consequence.net/2018/05/arctic-monkeys-four-out-of-five-video/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=19 October 2018 |date=14 May 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Metro">{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |title=Arctic Monkeys' eccentric new video for Four Out Of Five is quite the trip |url=http://metro.co.uk/2018/05/14/arctic-monkeys-eccentric-new-video-for-four-out-of-five-is-quite-the-trip-7543364/ |website=Metro |access-date=19 October 2018 |date=14 May 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Indie">{{cite news |last1=Stolworthy |first1=Jacob |title=Arctic Monkeys release surreal new music video for first Tranquility Base single |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/arctic-monkeys-four-out-of-five-stanley-kubrick-music-video-tranqulity-base-hotel-casino-a8350421.html |access-date=19 October 2018 |work=The Independent }}</ref> <ref name="Beats1">{{cite web |title=Alex Turner: The Making of 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino' [CLIP] - Beats 1 - Apple Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S44AQ7Rnt8Y |website=YouTube |access-date=19 October 2018 |date=11 May 2018}}</ref> <ref name="NME">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Thomas |title=Arctic Monkeys – 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino' album review |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/arctic-monkeys-tranquility-base-hotel-casino-review |website=NME |date=21 May 2018 |access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref> }}
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