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“The End Has No End” by The Strokes
From the album Room on Fire (2003)
“The End Has No End” by The Strokes appears on 13 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2004 and 2014. It was first released in 2003 on the album Room on Fire. Its best result is #35 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 2004 and #2,748 alternative song of all time.
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"The End Has No End" rides the cool, clipped groove of Room on Fire, the Strokes' second album from 2003, and in November 2004 it became the record's third and last single. Julian Casablancas wrote it and Gordon Raphael produced it, and it's the band at their most effortlessly wound-up: interlocking guitars, a steady mechanical beat and Casablancas sounding bored and heartbroken at once.
Sophie Muller's video is a film-buff's puzzle box, winking at 2001: A Space Odyssey, putting the band's manager Ryan Gentles in the lead alongside Mila Kunis and Eva Mendes, staging a mirrored-room performance in tribute to Fripp & Eno and A Flock of Seagulls, and signing off with a Tron-inspired clip from "12:51". The B-side was a live cover of the Clash's "Clampdown" from Alexandra Palace, taken from a planned live album that got shelved over poor sound.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 35 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 | 107 |
| 2004 | 59 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
| 2004 | 45 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 75 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 | 77 |
| 2004 | 66 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 88 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1051 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1191 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1213 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1246 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1298 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1301 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1299 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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