Up the Bracket (song)

"Up the Bracket"
Single by The Libertines
from the album Up The Bracket
Released	September 30, 2002
Format	CD, 7"
Genre	Garage rock revival, indie rock, alternative rock
Length	2:38
Label	Rough Trade Records
Writer(s)	Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.
Producer(s)	Mick Jones
The Libertines singles chronology
"What a Waster" (2002) "Up the Bracket" (2002) "Time for Heroes" (2003)

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

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.

All songs written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât.

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