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Hope There's Someone

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"Hope There's Someone"
Single by Antony and the Johnsons
from the album I Am a Bird Now
ReleasedJune 7, 2005
GenreBaroque pop
Length4:24
Label
Songwriter(s)Antony Hegarty
Producer(s)Antony Hegarty
Antony and the Johnsons singles chronology
"I Am a Bird Now"
(2005)
"Hope There's Someone"
(2005)
"You Are My Sister"
(2005)

"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

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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

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

References

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