Album · Imogen Heap
Speak for Yourself by Imogen Heap
Speak for Yourself is an album by Imogen Heap, released in 2005. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Hide and Seek”, on 11 lists and voted number one once.
Speak for Yourself, Imogen Heap's second solo album, reached American shops on 18 July 2005, and she did nearly all of it herself. After I Megaphone sold poorly and left her without a deal, and after her detour with Guy Sigsworth as Frou Frou, Heap wrote, produced, arranged and mixed the record, bankrolled it with no label behind her, and even designed the cover.
The result is intimate, fidgety electropop that sounds as if it was assembled one breath at a time. "Hide and Seek" is the eerie, hushed centerpiece, and it caught fire after it turned up on The O.C.; Jeff Beck drops in a guitar solo on "Goodnight and Go", and her ex-boyfriend Richie Mills bickers with her on "The Moment I Said It". The album has had a long afterlife: "Headlock" went viral on TikTok nearly two decades on, and a remastered edition marked its 20th anniversary in 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Speak for Yourself on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide and Seek | 11 | #1 | 1 | 2005–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.