Hope There's Someone

"Hope There's Someone"
Single by Antony and the Johnsons
from the album I Am a Bird Now
Released	June 7, 2005
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	4:24
Label	Secretly Canadian Rough Trade
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)

"Hope There's Someone" is a song by Antony and the Johnsons, released on June 7, 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]

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

Single track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Charts

Chart performance for "Hope There's Someone"

Chart (2005)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[6]	44

References

1. "Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone". Secretly Canadian. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
2. "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". NME. October 6, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
3. "The 200 Best Songs of the 2000s". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
4. "Top 50 Singles of 2005". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media Group. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
5. Jones, Alan (March 4, 2016). "Official Charts Analysis: The 1975 top the Official Albums Chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

External links

• "Hope There's Someone" on YouTube