Somewhere Only We Know

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"Somewhere Only We Know"
Single by Keane
from the album Hopes and Fears
B-side	"Snowed Under" "Walnut Tree"
Released	16 February 2004
Recorded	2003
Studio	Heliocentric (Rye, East Sussex, England) Les Essarts, Normandy, France
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	3:57
Label	Island Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Tim Rice-Oxley Tom Chaplin Richard Hughes
Producer(s)	Andy Green James Sanger Keane
Keane singles chronology
"This Is the Last Time" (2003) "Somewhere Only We Know" (2004) "Everybody's Changing" (2004)
Official UK video
"Somewhere Only We Know" on YouTube

"Somewhere Only We Know" is a song composed and performed by English alternative rock band Keane, officially released as the first single from their debut album, Hopes and Fears (2004). The single peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart during its first week of sales, becoming the band's signature song and biggest hit single to date.

In 2013, the song was covered by Lily Allen for a John Lewis Christmas advert; Allen's version reached number-one in the UK Singles Chart.^[2]