Song · Duran Duran
“Is There Something I Should Know?” by Duran Duran
Released 1983
“Is There Something I Should Know?” by Duran Duran appears on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1983 and 2003. It was first released in 1983. Its best result is #1 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1983, #2,211 alternative song of all time and #440 of the '80s.
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Duran Duran put out "Is There Something I Should Know?" in March 1983 as a stand-alone single, a between-albums shot that didn't need an LP to carry it. It entered the UK chart at the very top, the band's first number one there, and when it reached America in late May it climbed to number four on the Hot 100 and sold over a million copies.
It's new wave at its sleekest and most dramatic: glossy, urgent, a pleading question set to a beat you could dance to in a nightclub mirror. The whole band shares the credit: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 276 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1994 | 184 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1998 | 341 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 1999 | 287 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 1052 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 393 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 775 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 847 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Is There Something I Should Know; Is there Something I Should Know; Is there Something I Should Know?.
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