'Opening Night' Lyrics: Arctic Monkeys Release New Song for 'HELP(2)' Charity Album
Arctic Monkeys are back!
The English rock band released a new song called “Opening Night,” as part of HELP(2), a brand new collaborative album in aid of global children’s charity War Child UK.
The compilation is inspired by the 1995 multi-artist charity album HELP.
The album, out on March 6 and available to pre-order now, seeks to support War Child UK’s work providing aid, education, mental health support, and protection to children affected by conflict around the world.
HELP(2) was recorded in collaboration with London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios, largely across one week in November 2025 under producer James Ford.
Other artists featured on the album include Beabadoobee, Beck, Depeche Mode, Olivia Rodrigo, and The Last Dinner Party.
“Tonight is heavy on one side, sort of like a set of cherry red and white loaded dice / You’ve got something on your mind, and so have I / I can see it from here, oh-oh-oh,” lead singer Alex Turner declares on the song.
Arctic Monkeys last released an album in 2022, The Car.
Listen to “Opening Night”…
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HELP(2) Tracklist…
1. Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night
2. Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest – Flags
3. Black Country, New Road – Strangers
4. The Last Dinner Party – Let’s do it again!
5. Beth Gibbons – Sunday Morning
6. Arooj Aftab & Beck – Lilac Wine
7. King Krule – The 343 Loop
8. Depeche Mode – Universal Soldier
9. Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng – Helicopters
10. Arlo Parks – Nothing I Could Hide
11. English Teacher & Graham Coxon – Parasite
12. Beabadoobee – Say Yes
13. Big Thief – Relive, Redie
14. Fontaines D.C. – Black Boys on Mopeds
15. Cameron Winter – Warning
16. Young Fathers – Don’t Fight the Young
17. Pulp – Begging for Change
18. Sampha – Naboo
19. Wet Leg – Obvious
20. Foals – When the War is Finally Done
21. Bat For Lashes – Carried my girl
22. Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya & Dove Ellis – Sunday Light
23. Olivia Rodrigo – The Book of Love