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“Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” is

a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It

was released as the third single from their fifth studio

album, AM, on 11 August 2013. It was written by the

group’s lead vocalist Alex Turner while its production

was handled by James Ford. Upon its release, many crit-

ics compared the composition of “Why’d You Only Call

Me When You’re High?” with works by different artists.

On 30 August 2013, an audio track of the single’s B-side,

“Stop the World I Wanna Get Off with You”, was released

onto Arctic Monkeys’ official YouTube channel.[1][2]

An accompanying music video was shot for the song

by Nabil Elderkin and released in July 2013. The

band has performed the song multiple times

at different venues and also on their AM Tour.

The song was leaked on 29 July 2013 on YouTube

and social networking sites,[3] but quickly taken

down. It was released as a single on 11 August 2013,

together with an accompanying music video.[4][5]

“Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” is de-

scribed as a R&B,[6][7] funk rock[8] and blues rock[9]

song. Carl Purvis of No Ripcord stated that the song

“sounds like it’s been ripped from a Jurassic 5 mixtape

before Turner’s exacerbated thirst to relieve his libi-

do once again shines through.”[10] Robert Ham from

Paste opined that the song outlines Turner’s “desper-

ation for a 3 a.m. booty call with the title coming as

a rebuttal.”[11] Andy Baber of MusicOMH stated that

the song contained “sultry, broken beats”. He com-

mented further that it “confirms the already lingering

sense that AM is an album of the night.”[12] Benji Tay-

lor of Pretty Much Amazing wrote that the band’s use

of “stuttering hip hop beats” on AM is most notable

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