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"No One Knows" is a song by hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age written by band members Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. It was the first single and second track from their third album, Songs for the Deaf, and was released on November 26, 2002.[1] "No One Knows" was a chart success, becoming the band's only single to top the US Modern Rock charts. The song was also critically acclaimed, receiving a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards.

The song was the first Queens of the Stone Age track to be remixed by British musical outfit Unkle. The "No One Knows" remix appeared as a B-Side on the follow-up single, "Go with the Flow" as well as the EP Stone Age Complication.[2][3]

Writing and recording edit

According to Josh Homme, "No One Knows" existed prior to the recording sessions for Songs for the Deaf:

"We have patience with music, a year or five years down the road it may kind of rewrite itself and become what it's supposed to be. There's two songs on this record that are over five years old, you know? "God is the Radio" and "No One Knows"."[4]

The main guitar riff of the song originally appeared on the track "Cold Sore Superstars" from volumes 7 & 8 of Homme side-project The Desert Sessions.[5] Recording for Songs for the Deaf began in March, 2002 at three studios across California. Though the liner notes say Eric Valentine produced the majority of the album (Including "No One Knows") with Homme, apparently he left before the album was completed, meaning recording and producing duties fell to the band and Adam Kasper.[6]

Reception edit

"No One Knows" was awarded the number one position on Australian national radio station Triple J's annual Hottest 100 competition, a listener ranked chart, in the year of 2002. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 70 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In September 2006, NME placed it at number 13 in its list of the 50 Greatest Tracks Of The Decade. It was also placed at #97 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.

 
"No One Knows"
The opening and main guitar riff of "No One Knows"
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"No One Knows" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003.[7]

The song has been featured in numerous video games including NHL 2003 and Guitar Hero,[8][9] though the latter appearance is a cover.[10] The Unkle remix of "No One Knows" also appears on the soundtracks for video games SSX 3,[11] Test Drive Unlimited,[12] and Race Driver: Grid and it's advertising campaign.[13]

Chart Performance edit

"No One Knows" was released in the summer of 2002 and became the most successful song from Songs for the Deaf on the rock charts. The song entered the top ten on the majority of the Billboard charts on which it appeared in the United States. It appeared on Billboard magazine's modern rock tracks chart, reaching number one. The following week it peaked on the mainstream rock tracks, where it peaked at number five in its eighth week and remained on the chart until its twentieth week. The song peaked at fifty-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States the song peaked at 39 on the Dutch Singles Chart and would later peak at fifteen on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video edit

The music video for "No One Knows" was directed by Dean Karr.[14] The video was highly successful which led it to earn a nomination for the MTV2 Award at 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.[15]

It features the band in a car, when they hit a deer. The deer then comes back to life and takes revenge on the band. The video also features Dave Grohl (of Nirvana/Foo Fighters) playing the drums who also played on the track.

Cover versions edit

It has been covered by numerous groups, including The Zutons, Mark Ronson, The Section Quartet, The Divine Comedy, The Dresden Dolls and Franco Saint de Bakker. A sample of this song appears in the song "Nobody's Listening (Evil Genius Remix)" on the Fort Minor Mixtape: We Major by Fort Minor. It was also covered by Razorlight as part of Jo Whiley's Live Lounge Tour on the 26th of September 2008.

Track listing edit

Personnel edit

  • Josh Homme - Vocals, guitar
  • Dave Grohl - Drums
  • Nick Oliveri - Bass

Chart edit

Chart (2002) Peak
Dutch Top 40[16] 39
Irish Singles Chart[17] 26
UK Singles Chart[18] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 51
US Mainstream Rock[19] 5
US Modern Rock[19] 1

References edit

  1. ^ "No One Knows Single (IMPORT)". amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  2. ^ "Go With the Flow Single (CD1)". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  3. ^ Prato, Greg. "Stone Age Complication". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  4. ^ McIver, Joel (2005). No One Knows: The Queens of the Stone Age story. Omnibus Press. p. 129. ISBN 1844499553.
  5. ^ "No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age". Songfacts. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  6. ^ Anderson, Nick. "August 2002 - Interview with Josh". TheFade. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  7. ^ "45th Grammy Awards". Rockonthenet. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  8. ^ "THE SOUNDS OF NHL 2003". EA Sports. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  9. ^ Chalk, Andy (2007-10-17). "WaveGroup Announces The Guitar Hero Recordings". The Escapist. Retrieved 2008-10-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "The Guitar Hero™ Recordings Vol.2". Wavegroup. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  11. ^ "SSX3 - Game Description". Answers.com. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  12. ^ "Test Drive Unlimited > Credits". Allgame. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  13. ^ "GRID (Games For Windows - PC DVD)". Barry's Rig's and Reviews. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  14. ^ "No One Knows profile". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  15. ^ "Show Highlights, Winners, Performers, Hosts and More From Past Video Music Awards". MTV. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  16. ^ "Dutch Singles Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  17. ^ "Irish Singles Chart". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  18. ^ "Queens of the Stone Age UK Chart placings". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  19. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History (singles) - Queens of the Stone Age". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-10-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
Preceded by Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
February 1 2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Triple J Hottest 100 #1s
2002 		Succeeded by
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