My Mistakes Were Made for You

"My Mistakes Were Made for You"
Single by The Last Shadow Puppets
from the album The Age of the Understatement
Released	20 October 2008
Recorded	2007
Label	Domino
Songwriter(s)	Alex Turner, Miles Kane
Producer(s)	James Ford
The Last Shadow Puppets singles chronology
"Standing Next to Me" (2008) "My Mistakes Were Made for You" (2008) "Bad Habits" (2016)
Music video
"My Mistakes Were Made For You" on YouTube
Alternative cover
The Age of the Understatement track listing
"The Age of the Understatement" "Standing Next to Me" "Calm Like You" "Separate and Ever Deadly" "The Chamber" "Only the Truth" "My Mistakes Were Made for You" "Black Plant" "I Don't Like You Anymore" "In My Room" "The Meeting Place" "Time Has Come Again"

"My Mistakes Were Made for You" is the third single released by The Last Shadow Puppets. It was released on 20 October 2008 in the United Kingdom on Domino Records,^[1] featuring three b-sides: a live version of the album track "Separate and Ever Deadly" plus two covers.^[2] The US-only 8-song expanded EP was released in digital format on 21 October and on CD on 4 November 2008. It was the final release of the band's first period of activity.

The song was inspired by Scott Walker's song "The Old Man's Back Again", off his album Scott 4.^[3] The song also appears to glean influences from Noel Harrison's "The Windmills of Your Mind".^[4]