Released August 7, 2000 Length 3:36 | Format 7", CD Label Interscope | |
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock Writer(s) Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri | ||
"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" is the first single from Queens of the Stone Age's second album, Rated R. It was released in the summer of 2000 through Interscope Records in Europe as a standard single, and in the US as only a promotional one. The track became arguably the band's most recognizable and popular song at its time of release. Its music video received mild airplay on music television. It was also the only single from Rated R to get a chart position, reaching number 21 on the Mainstream Rock charts, number 36 on the Modern Rock charts and number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.
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The song was featured in the films Sound City and Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, the TV series Numbers, Nip/Tuck, Entourage and Daria, and in the video games Tony Hawk: Ride, Driver: San Francisco and Gran Turismo 5.
Track listings
All tracks by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted.
Europe
- "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" - 3:36
- "Ode to Clarissa" - 2:40
UK
- "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" - 3:36
- "Born to Hula" (Homme) - 5:52
- A re-record of the song previously released on the Gamma Ray EP and the Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age split EP.
- "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" (CD-ROM Video) - 3:36
- "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" - 3:36
- "Ode to Clarissa" - 2:40
- "Monsters in the Parasol" (Live in Seattle) (Homme, Mario Lalli) - 3:32