Hope There's Someone
"Hope There's Someone" | ||||
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Single by Antony and the Johnsons | ||||
from the album I Am a Bird Now | ||||
Released | June 7, 2005 | |||
Genre | Baroque pop | |||
Length | 4:24 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Antony Hegarty | |||
Producer(s) | Antony Hegarty | |||
Antony and the Johnsons singles chronology | ||||
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"Hope There's Someone" is a song by Antony and the Johnsons, released on June 7, 2005, through Rough Trade Records and Secretly Canadian.[1] The song is the lead single from Antony and the Johnsons' second studio album I Am a Bird Now and considered one of their signature songs. In October 2011, NME placed the track at number 134 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2] Pitchfork named it the 28th best song of the 2000s [3] and the #1 single of 2005.[4]
The sleeve photo is an image from the video featuring Joey Gabriel.
The song has sold 50,568 copies in the UK as of March 2016.[5]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Hope There's Someone" | 4:24 |
2. | "Frankenstein" | 5:10 |
3. | "Just One Star" | 1:34 |
4. | "Hope There's Someone" (Video) | 4:24 |
Total length: | 15:32 |
Charts
[edit]Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 44 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone". Secretly Canadian. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". NME. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Top 50 Singles of 2005". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Jones, Alan (4 March 2016). "Official Charts Analysis: The 1975 top the Official Albums Chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
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