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“The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” by Queens of the Stone Age
From the album Rated R (2000)
“The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” by Queens of the Stone Age appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations in 2000. It was first released in 2000 on the album Rated R. Its best result is #56 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #140 alternative song of 2000.
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"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" led the charge for Rated R, the second Queens of the Stone Age album, arriving in the summer of 2000 as a proper single in Europe and a promo-only one in the US. Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri wrote it, Homme sings lead with Oliveri and Peter Stahl behind him, and Homme produced it with Chris Goss, while Trina Shoemaker recorded and mixed.
The credits hide odd color: Goss on piano, Dave Catching on electric piano, Barrett Martin on vibraphone and Scott Mayo on baritone sax, around Homme's guitar, Oliveri's bass and Nick Lucero's drums. The only Rated R single to chart, it reached No. 21 on the Mainstream Rock chart, No. 36 on Modern Rock and No. 31 in the UK, and it has since turned up in Entourage, Daria and Gran Turismo 5.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 102 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 74 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 83 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 71 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 95 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 82 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 86 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 56 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000 | 106 |
| 2000 | 82 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
Also listed as: Lost Art of Keeping a Secret.
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