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“Naïve” by The Kooks

From the album Inside In/Inside Out (2006)

“Naïve” by The Kooks appears on 24 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2006 and 2016. It was first released in 2006 on the album Inside In/Inside Out. Its best result is #2 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #58 alternative song of 2007 and #1,898 alternative song of all time.

24countdowns
14stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
2006–2016years charted

"Naïve" was the fourth single from Inside In/Inside Out, the Kooks' 2006 debut, released in March of that year, and it's a jangly, bruised little love song that sounds like it was written on the edge of a bed. Luke Pritchard wrote the words, and he, Paul Garred, Hugh Harris and Max Rafferty share the music credit. Tony Hoffer produced and engineered it, and Michael Brauer mixed it, keeping the strum crisp and Pritchard's voice right up front.

The British band got to number five on the UK Singles Chart with it, and it finished as the UK's 19th-best-selling single of 2006; the BPI certified it six times platinum in 2025. In the US it reached number 22 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and Triple J listeners later voted it in at number 87 on their Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years.

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
2006 87 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006 91
2006 79 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2006 107
2006 89 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 89
2006 2 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2006 30
2007 81 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 107
2007 65 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 91
2007 49 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 106
2007 92 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 100
2007 33 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 107
2007 5 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 82 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007 102
2007 96 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 33 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 103
2007 70 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007 88

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 575 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 655 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 236 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 631 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 626 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 624 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 630 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 87 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013) 100
2014 641 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 636 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913

Also listed as: Naive.

Charting alongside it in 2007

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