No One Knows
"No One Knows" is a song by Queens of the Stone Age. Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band. The song was written by Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. It was the first single from the band's third album, Songs for the Deaf. The song was released on November 26, 2002. "No One Knows" was the band's first song to be on the Billboard Hot 100. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003.
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| Released | November 26, 2002 |
| Recorded | 2001 |
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| Label | Interscope |
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| Queens Of The Stone Age - "No One Knows" (Official Music Video) at YouTube | |
Release
"No One Knows" was released as a single on November 26, 2002. It is the most successful single from Songs for the Deaf.[5] It went onto many rock music charts in the United States. It was also number one on the US Alternative music chart. It is the band's highest charting single in many countries, such as the Netherlands and Ireland.[6][7] The song reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.[8]
Many critics liked the song. Triple J, an Australian radio station, voted it the best song of 2002. Triple J also voted four other Queens of the Stone Age songs for the top 100 best songs of 2002. Rolling Stone put "No One Knows" at number 97 on their list of the 100 best guitar songs.[9] In 2014, NME said it was one of the 100 greatest songs of all time.[10] The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003. It was the band's first Grammy nomination. The award was given to "All My Life" by Foo Fighters.[11] Dave Grohl, a member of Foo Fighters, played the drums on "No One Knows".
Track listing
The single version of the song was released in many different ways. It was released on CD and 7" vinyl. The single had other songs on it. Different versions of the single had different songs.
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References
- ↑ Varriano, Anthony (September 5, 2017). "Queens of the Stone Age: The best band of the Millennial generation". Genesis Communications Network. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Galindo, Brian (January 18, 2017). "19 Alt-Rock Songs You Loved In 2002". BuzzFeed. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Loudwire Staff (October 2, 2020). "The 66 Best Hard Rock Songs of the 21st Century". Loudwire. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
- ↑ Pitchfork Staff (August 21, 2009). "The 200 Best Songs of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
This powerful slab of punch-drunk boogie rock stands as the most visible piece of QOTSA's legacy...
- ↑ Illegal name entered queens of the stone age/Template:BillboardEncode/Q/chart "Artist Chart History (singles) – Queens of the Stone Age". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/artist/Illegal name entered queens of the stone age/Template:BillboardEncode/Q/chart. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ "Dutch Singles Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "Irish Singles Chart". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ↑ Queens of the Stone Age – UK Singles Chart. officialcharts.com. Retrieved on Jan 03, 2013.
- ↑ "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/20947527/page/39. Retrieved 2008-10-05. "With this enduring throwback to the T. Rex beat, QOTSA guitarist and overall mastermind Josh Homme found the sweet spot between hooky hard rock and the pulverizing metal he'd grown up playing. More than a few of the last half-decade's modern-rock bands have taken their cues from this hybrid of downtuned menace and AM-radio sugar frosting."
- ↑ NME.COM. "The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time: 100-1 | NME.COM". NME.COM. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ↑ "45th Grammy Awards". Rockonthenet. Retrieved 2007-06-20.