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Cover of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
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“Do You Realize?” by The Flaming Lips

From the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)

“Do You Realize?” by The Flaming Lips appears on 47 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Its best result is #3 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #113 alternative song of 2002 and #1,156 alternative song of all time.

47countdowns
15stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
6top 10 finishes
2002–2026years charted

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Do You Realize??

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"Do You Realize?" was the first single from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, the Flaming Lips' 2002 album, and it catches the band at their most open-hearted: a big, woozy neo-psychedelic hymn that glows and swells and seems to hover a few inches off the ground. Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins wrote it together with Dave Fridmann, who also recorded, mixed and produced it with the band and Scott Booker.

It's one of the most approachable things the Lips have made, and it reached number 32 in the UK. Rolling Stone later put it at 31 on its list of the 100 best songs of the 2000s, and Oklahoma went as far as making it the state's official rock song, a title it held from 2009 until April 2013.

On stage it has become the heart of the show. It's the band's most popular live song, and since they first started playing it in 2002 it has hardly ever been left off a set list.

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
2002 81 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 8 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 96 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 19 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 5 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 30
2003 88 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 89 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 1986 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 225 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1765 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1992 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1765 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 115 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1763 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 463 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 125 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 390 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 526 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 400 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 3 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 399 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 49 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 454 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 397 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 790 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 386 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 74 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2013 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 31 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2013 7 BBC Radio 6 Music BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years 100
2014 360 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 136 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2016 7 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 96 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 174 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 174 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 48 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 724 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 20 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 26 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2023 33 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 113 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 15 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 32 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 15 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 26 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 7 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 149 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Do You Realize; Do You Realize??; Do You Realize (Big Room).

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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