Song · Box Car Racer
“There Is” by Box Car Racer
From the album Box Car Racer (2002)
“There Is” by Box Car Racer appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album Box Car Racer. Its best result is #18 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #83 alternative song of 2002.
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"There Is" was the second single from Box Car Racer's self-titled 2002 album on MCA, and the last one they put out. Tom DeLonge wrote the words and shares the writing credit with Travis Barker, and Jerry Finn produced it, letting the song build from an earnest, stripped-back start into a full-hearted rush with DeLonge's plaintive voice out front.
It climbed to number 32 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the band took it to late-night TV that year, playing it for Jay Leno on The Tonight Show in September and for Craig Kilborn on The Late Late Show in October. The song has hung around since: DeLonge still pulls out a solo version now and then at Angels & Airwaves shows, and in 2024 Blink-182 worked it into a medley with +44's "When Your Heart Stops Beating".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 75 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 | 91 |
| 2002 | 59 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 42 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 76 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 75 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 18 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 49 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 | 224 |
| 2002 | 71 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 91 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
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