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| Single by Yeah Yeah Yeahs | ||||
| from the album Fever to Tell | ||||
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| Released | September 22, 2003[1] | |||
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| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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| Producer(s) | David Andrew Sitek Yeah Yeah Yeahs | |||
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| "Maps" on YouTube | ||||
"Maps" is a song by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut full-length album, Fever to Tell (2003). The song is about the relationship between Liars frontman Angus Andrew and Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer Karen O.[6] Released in September 2003, the song reached number nine on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 26 in the United Kingdom. The band performed the song at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards,[7] and the music video received extensive play on MTV.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. September 20, 2003. p. 31. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ^ Rich, Nathaniel (October 2015). "The Elaborate Charade to Obfuscate Who Writes Pop Music". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "Top 150 Songs of the 2010s". Treble. January 6, 2020. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 386 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Rolling Stone Staff (June 17, 2011). "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
How often do we get a fiery soul ballad and an art-punk classic in the same song?
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (April 7, 2006). "Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Goth, Nerd, Slut". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2007.
- ^ "How The Yeah Yeahs' 'Maps' Helped Change the Way We View the Relationship Between Pop and Indie". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.