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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. "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.

Writing and recording
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"."

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. 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.

Reception
"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" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003.

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

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

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
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

 * Germany CD, UK Release CD1:
 * 1) "No One Knows" (Josh Homme, Mark Lanegan)
 * 2) "A Song for the Dead" [live from The Mean Fiddler] (Homme, Lanegan)
 * 3) "Avon" [live from The Mean Fiddler] (Homme)
 * 4) "No One Knows" [multimedia track] (Homme, Lanegan)
 * UK Release CD2:
 * 1) "No One Knows" (Homme, Lanegan)
 * 2) "Gonna Leave You" [Spanish Version] (Homme, Nick Oliveri)
 * 3) "Tension Head" [live from The Mean Fiddler] (Homme, Oliveri)
 * 1) "Tension Head" [live from The Mean Fiddler] (Homme, Oliveri)


 * European 7":
 * 1) "No One Knows" (Homme, Lanegan)
 * 2) "Tension Head" [live from The Mean Fiddler] (Homme, Oliveri)

Personnel

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