"Hope There's Someone" is a song by Antony and the Johnsons, released on 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
Released	7 June 2005
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	4:24
Label	Secretly Canadian SC114 Rough Trade RTRADSCD229
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]

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