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“Is It Any Wonder?” by Keane

From the album Under the Iron Sea (2006)

“Is It Any Wonder?” by Keane appears on 25 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2006 and 2014. It was first released in 2006 on the album Under the Iron Sea. Its best result is #16 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 2006, #2,379 alternative song of all time and #338 of the '00s.

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Keane - Is It Any Wonder? (Official Music Video)

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"Is It Any Wonder?" was the second single from Under the Iron Sea, Keane's second album, released in May 2006, and it's the sound of Keane baring its teeth. Tim Rice-Oxley wrote it in 2005, with the credit shared with Tom Chaplin and Richard Hughes, and the snarling riff that sounds like a guitar is actually his Yamaha CP70 piano pushed through distortion.

Mostly recorded at the Magic Shop in New York, it was co-produced by the band with Andy Green, who handled the programming and engineering, and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent and Dave Emery. The beat stomps and the whole thing sounds urgent. It reached number three in Britain and picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2006 64 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 107
2006 22 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006 91
2006 31 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 106
2006 73 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101
2006 16 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 100
2006 21 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 107
2006 56 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 89
2006 22 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101
2006 23 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 89
2006 51 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 102
2006 29 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 107
2006 56 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 97
2006 56 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 88
2006 45 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 103
2006 50 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2006 159
2006 69 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 100
2007 73 KWOD Sacramento, CA KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2006 343 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 813 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1058 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1077 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1117 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1156 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1156 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1211 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Is it Any Wonder?; Is It Any Wonder.

Charting alongside it in 2006

Best songs of 2006 →
  1. 1Dani CaliforniaRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2When You Were YoungThe Killers
  3. 3Steady, As She GoesThe Raconteurs
  4. 4Miss MurderAFI
  5. 5CrazyGnarls Barkley
  6. 6VicariousTool

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