Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? by Arctic Monkeys album cover

Songs Similar to Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? by Arctic Monkeys

Album: AM · Indie · Chill

Arctic Monkeys's “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?” from the album AM is a indie track with alternative roots that we file under chill songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 92 BPM.

The closest match right now is “Do I Wanna Know?” by Arctic Monkeys (100% match). The list also pulls in The Strokes, The 1975, Franz Ferdinand and Cage the Elephant — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Arctic Monkeys's. By genre, the list is mostly alternative (12 of 20 tracks), with pop and rock mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.

20 songs similar to “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?”

  1. 1Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys album cover

    Do I Wanna Know?

    Arctic Monkeys

    Alternative

    100% match
  2. 2R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys album cover

    R U Mine?

    Arctic Monkeys

    Alternative

    98% match
  3. 3Afraid by The Neighbourhood album cover

    Afraid

    The Neighbourhood

    Alternative

    36% match
  4. 4The Adults Are Talking by The Strokes album cover

    The Adults Are Talking

    The Strokes

    Alternative

    29% match
  5. 5

    Robbers

    The 1975

    28% match
  6. 6Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand album cover

    Take Me Out

    Franz Ferdinand

    Pop

    28% match
  7. 7Come a Little Closer by Cage the Elephant album cover

    Come a Little Closer

    Cage the Elephant

    Alternative

    28% match
  8. 8W.D.Y.W.F.M? by The Neighbourhood album cover

    W.D.Y.W.F.M?

    The Neighbourhood

    Alternative

    27% match
  9. 9Reptilia by The Strokes album cover

    Reptilia

    The Strokes

    Pop

    24% match
  10. 10Mr. Brightside by The Killers album cover

    Mr. Brightside

    The Killers

    Alternative

    24% match
  11. 11Somebody Told Me by The Killers album cover

    Somebody Told Me

    The Killers

    Alternative

    22% match
  12. 12

    What You Know

    Two Door Cinema Club

    22% match
  13. 13

    Fallingforyou

    The 1975

    22% match
  14. 14Beaches by beabadoobee album cover

    Beaches

    beabadoobee

    Alternative

    20% match
  15. 15Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon album cover

    Sex on Fire

    Kings of Leon

    Alternative

    18% match
  16. 16

    Undercover Martyn

    Two Door Cinema Club

    17% match
  17. 17This Side of Paradise by Coyote Theory album cover

    This Side of Paradise

    Coyote Theory

    Rock

    17% match
  18. 18

    Demons

    Imagine Dragons

    17% match
  19. 19Radioactive by Imagine Dragons album cover

    Radioactive

    Imagine Dragons

    Alternative

    16% match
  20. 20Trouble by Cage the Elephant album cover

    Trouble

    Cage the Elephant

    Alternative

    14% match

Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.

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FAQ about “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?”

What songs are similar to Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High??

On our list, the closest matches are “Do I Wanna Know?” by Arctic Monkeys, “R U Mine?” by Arctic Monkeys and “Afraid” by The Neighbourhood. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?” by Arctic Monkeys, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.

Who does Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? sound like?

Based on listening data, “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?” sits closest to The Neighbourhood, The Strokes, The 1975 and Franz Ferdinand. Fans of Arctic Monkeys play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.

Is Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Indie?

We file “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?” by Arctic Monkeys under Indie, while music stores list its album under Alternative. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.

How do you find similar songs to Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High??

Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.