Do You Realize??

"Do You Realize??"
Single by the Flaming Lips
from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Released19 August 2002 (2002-08-19)
RecordedJune 2000 – April 2002
Genre
Length3:32
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Dave Fridmann
Producer(s)The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
The Flaming Lips singles chronology
"Waitin' for a Superman"
(1999)
"Do You Realize??"
(2002)
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"
(2003)

"Do You Realize??" is a song by the Flaming Lips, and was released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is one of the group's most accessible and popular songs, having reached No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart. It was adopted as the Official Rock Song of Oklahoma from 2009 to April 2013 and was ranked No. 31 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the 2000s. It is also the band's most popular live song,[4] and has rarely been excluded from setlists since its inception into their live shows in 2002.

  1. ^ Richardson, Mark (26 October 2009). "The Flaming Lips - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 July 2021. ...through deserved alt-rock hits like "Do You Realize??"...
  2. ^ "The 50 Best Alt-Rock Love Songs". Spin. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rolling Stone Staff (28 June 2018). "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 May 2023. Part cartoon Beatles psychedelia, part Moody Blues space-schmaltz, the album features this melodic crown jewel...It was a defining, inspiring moment for a band that had evolved...to mainstream rock redeemers.
  4. ^ setlist.fm; The Flaming Lips Album Statistics