"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

Single track listing
No.TitleLength
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

Chart performance for "Hope There's Someone"
Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 44

References

  1. ^ "Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone". Secretly Canadian. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. ^ "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". NME. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  3. ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Top 50 Singles of 2005". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ Jones, Alan (4 March 2016). "Official Charts Analysis: The 1975 top the Official Albums Chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

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