The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now (Pete) (Branding Sessions) HQ

Can't Stand Me Now is a Libertines track, recorded for their self-titled album, and also released as a single in August 2004. The song is credited to Doherty, Barat and Hammerton (also known as Mark Keds or Mark Myers) and was The Libertines' biggest hit, peaking at #2 on the UK singles chart. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Can't Stand Me Now" at number 13 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
The Band had all but fallen apart when The Libertines had released this, their second-to-last single. Pete and Carl's Love/Hate relationship was layed bare on the record, in the powerful lyrics of the song.
Can't Stand Me Now also received some exposure in the US; WFNX in Boston debuted the song by playing it twice back-to-back even before its official radio airplay release.
The promotional video for the song was filmed at one of the band's gigs at the Kentish Town Forum, at the end of 2003, and was directed by ex-The Jesus and Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart.
Barat has said in an interview that he used to buy his bandmates harmonicas for Christmas, and towards the end of the song, Doherty is heard playing a harmonica. This could be coincidental, but it could be a reminder of their broken friendship.
In November 2009 it was named the #11 Track of the Decade by NME.

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[LiliumLaretta]

Do you have the lyrics of this version, please?

[TheWakefieldOne]

@LiliumLaretta Google it ;-)

[RIProrygallagher]

This version is much more like red-raw rock n' roll heartbreak. You can feel the love and betrayal dripping from Pete's every word. Beautiful.

[twat4002]

Mark Keds ex sensless things wrote most of the lyrics for this

[18cooper78]

You teach me how play guitar,With my cigarette like a superstar,You teach me how to steal a car

love it !!

[juann710]

OMG this version its like a beatle/stone song ; those "riffs" remember me to the stones, and that bass line at the beginning to the beatles. Love it.

[Sambuca123456]

better version :) can never find a tab for it though :(