Can't Stand Me Now

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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.

Appearing on

Live at O2 Academy Glasgow (1)	The Libertines	Album	2016-02-19
Time For Heroes	The Libertines	Album	2007-10-29
Acoustic session, Mexico	Carl Barat	Session	2005-04
Wet Your Whistle And Get Bombed	Babyshambles	Session	2005
The Libertines	The Libertines	Album	2004-08-30
Can't Stand Me Now	The Libertines	Single	2004-08-09
Shaking And Withdrawn Megamix	Peter Doherty	Session	2004-08
Untitled Album	Peter Doherty	Session	2004-04-08
The Branding Session	The Libertines	Session	2004-03-26
Rolling Stone Session	Carl Barat	Session	2004
The Freewheelin' Pete Doherty	Peter Doherty	Fan mixtape	2004
The Liverpool Session	Peter Doherty	Session	2004
Discarded Recordings	The Libertines	Session	2003

Concerts

Festival SOS 4.8	The Libertines	Murcia	2016-05-07
AB brussels 2016	The Libertines	Ancienne Belgique, Brussels	2016-05-03
Live @ Olympia	The Libertines	Music Hall, Paris	2016-03-09
O2 London (1)	The Libertines		2016-01-30
Reading Festival 2015	The Libertines	Reading	2015-08-30
Rock en Seine 2015	The Libertines	Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud	2015-08-29
3Arena Dublin	The Libertines	3Arena Dublin	2015-07-09
Ahmad Tea Music Festival	The Libertines		2015-06-27
Glastonbury 2015	The Libertines	Glastonbury	2015-06-26
Benicàssim Festival	The Libertines	Benicàssim, Spain	2014-07-19
BST, Hyde Park, London	The Libertines	Hyde Park, London	2014-07-05
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Glasgow Barrowland	The Libertines	Glasgow, Scotland	2014-06-29
The Garage, Uplands, Swansea	Peter Doherty		2013-06-18
Caprices Festival	Peter Doherty	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	2013-03-08
Ronquières Festival	Peter Doherty	Ronquières, Belgium	2012-07-28
02 Academy, Brixton	Peter Doherty	Brixton, London	2011-09-23
Liquid Rooms	Peter Doherty	Edinburgh, Scotland	2011-09-21
Parc de Bagatelle, We Love Green	Peter Doherty	Paris, France	2011-09-11
Reading Festival	Peter Doherty	Reading, UK	2011-08-28
Le Cabaret Vert	Peter Doherty	Charleville-Mézières, France	2011-08-27
Heroes Bar	Peter Doherty	Kentish Town, London	2011-04-06
Woodstower Festival	Peter Doherty	Grand Parc De Miribel Jonage, Lyon, France	2010-09-03
Reading Festival	The Libertines	Reading, UK	2010-08-28
Levi's Regent Street	Carl Barat	Oxford London	2010-08-26
HMV Forum	The Libertines	HMV Forum, London	2010-08-25
Cité de la Musique	Peter Doherty	Paris, France	2010-07-07
Glastonbury	Carl Barat	Leftfield Tent	2010-06-25
Ricos Music Club	Peter Doherty	Greenock, Scotland	2010-04-04
The Boogaloo, London	The Libertines	The Boogaloo, London	2010-03-31
Eurockéennes de Belfort	Peter Doherty	Malsaucy, France	2009-07-04
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline	Carl Barat	Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline	2009-06-09
Rhythm Factory	The Libertines	Whitechapel, London	2009-05-15
Botanique, Brussels (End with Blue Moon/Billy Holiday)	Peter Doherty	Botanique, Brussels	2009-04-25
Live in Copenhagen	Peter Doherty	Copenhagen, Denmark	2009-04-09
La Maroquinerie	Peter Doherty	Paris, France	2008-11-28
Royal Albert Hall Live	Peter Doherty	London, UK	2008-07-12
The Mass	Peter Doherty	Brixton, London	2008-06-17
Glasgow Barrowlands (1)	Peter Doherty	Glasgow, Scotland	2008-05-18
The Torriano	Peter Doherty	Kentish Town, London	2008-03-20
Rhythm Factory	Peter Doherty	Whitechapel, London	2007-12-16
Glastonbury	Peter Doherty	Park Stage	2007-06-23
Live At Waterford - Water Flaming Shambles	Babyshambles	Heineken Green Spheres, Ten, Waterford	2006-09-28
Covo, Bologna	Dirty Pretty Things	Covo Club, Bologna Italy	2005-10-12
Tim Festival, Brazil	The Libertines	Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil	2004-11-07
Fine Line Music Cafe	The Libertines	Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis; Minnesota US	2004-10-08
Brick Lane Festival	Peter Doherty		2004-09-12
Rhythm Factory	Peter Doherty	London (Whitechapel), UK	2004-07-13
Infinity Club	The Libertines	Mayfair, London	2004-06-07
Piss Me Off (At the Rhythm Factory)	The Libertines	London (Whitechapel), UK	2004-04-14
Rock Against Racism	The Libertines	London, UK	2004-03-16
Manchester Academy	The Libertines	Manchester, UK	2004-03-01

Lyrics

An ending, fitting for the start.
You twisted'n'tore our love apart.
Your life, fingers through the dark.
Shattered the lamp, into darkness it cast us.

You know you've got it the wrong way round
You shut me up, and blamed it on the brown
cornered the boy, kicked out at the world
The world kicked back a lot F**king harder now

If you wanna try
If you wanna try
theres no worse you could do
Uh uh oh
I know you lied (I know you lied)
I'm still in love with you
Uh oh

You can't take me anywhere
(I can't take you anywhere) x2
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go
You can't stand me
(No, you can't stand me now) x4

Have we enough to keep it together
Or do we just keep on pretending
And hope our luck is never ending

You tried to pull the wool, I wasn't feeling too clever
And you take all that they're lending
Until you need amending

If you wanna try (If you wanna try)
There's no worse you could do
oh oh oh
I know you lied (all you do is make me cry)
All those words they ain't true

oh oh oh

can't take me anywhere
can't take you anywhere
can't take me anywhere
oh I'll take you anywhere you wanna go

You can't stand me now
(No you can't stand me now)...

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