Hope There's Someone

"Hope There's Someone" is a song by Antony and the Johnsons, released in 7 June 2005 through Rough Trade Records and Secretly Canadian.[1] The song is the lead single from Antony and the Johnsons' second studio album I Am a Bird Now and considered one of their signature songs. In October 2011, NME placed the track at number 134 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".[2] Pitchfork named it the 28th best song of the 2000s [3] and the #1 single of 2005.[4]

"Hope There's Someone"
Single by Antony and the Johnsons
from the album I Am a Bird Now
Released7 June 2005
GenreBaroque pop
Length4:24
Label
Songwriter(s)Antony Hegarty
Producer(s)Antony Hegarty
Antony and the Johnsons singles chronology
"'I Am a Bird Now'"
(2005)		 "Hope There's Someone"
(2005)		 "'You Are My Sister'"
(2005)

The sleeve photo is an image from the video featuring Joey Gabriel.

The song has sold 50,568 copies in the UK as of March 2016.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hope There's Someone"4:24
2."Frankenstein"5:10
3."Just One Star"1:34
4."Hope There's Someone" (Video)4:24
Total length:15:32

References
  1. "Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone". Secretly Canadian. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". NME. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  3. "The 200 Best Songs of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. "Top 50 Singles of 2005". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. Jones, Alan (4 March 2016). "Official Charts Analysis: The 1975 top the Official Albums Chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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