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“Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane

From the album Hopes and Fears (2004)

“Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane appears on 58 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 2004 on the album Hopes and Fears. Its best result is #12 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 2004, #981 alternative song of all time and #189 of the '00s.

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25stations
#12best position
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2004–2026years charted

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"Somewhere Only We Know" was the first single from Keane's 2004 debut album Hopes and Fears, and it's the song the band is known for above all others. Tim Rice-Oxley wrote the words and shares the writing credit with Tom Chaplin and Richard Hughes; Andy Green produced it with the band and engineered, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed.

It's built on Rice-Oxley's rolling keyboard figure, with him on bass as well and Hughes steady on the drums, and the whole thing swells from a wistful stroll into a big, open-hearted chorus. There's a lump-in-the-throat ache to it, but it never wallows. It just keeps climbing.

It went to 3 in its first week on the UK singles chart and has since gone triple platinum in Britain and double platinum in the US. The band played it at Live 8 in Hyde Park in 2005.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 56 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 45 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 62 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 57 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 32 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 28 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 77
2004 76 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 17 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 51 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 93 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 75 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 41 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 41 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 37 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 43 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 18 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 12 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227
2005 91 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 42 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 106
2005 53 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 51 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 14 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 105
2005 154 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 1979 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 156 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 95 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 1963 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 161 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 143 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 33 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2006 476 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 36 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 142 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 218 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 61 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2009 50 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 219 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 536 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 651 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 235 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 665 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 248 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 262 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 124 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 274 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 151 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 502 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 309 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 309 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 1359 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 219 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 991 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 460 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 546 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 88 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 112 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 150 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 521 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Somwhere Only We Know.

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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