This Is The Last Time
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"This Is the Last Time" is a song
performed and composed by British rock band
Keane released in 13 October 2003 as their second commercial single
, first released with Fierce Panda Records and later in 2004 as a different version with Island Records
.
It appears as the second track of Hopes and Fears on its international version while the ninth on the British
one and was officially released as the fourth single from that album.
Although this song was one of the biggest hits in music in 2004, the single reached only 18, considerably less than other previous singles by the band.
For an easier reference, similar to "Everybody's Changing
", fans had divided the two different singles into parts 1 and 2.
.
This single sold around 4,000 copies and it's stated it charted at no. 58, however this was ineligible for the chart due to the web-link the record contained.
It was the only record ever co-released with White Light Records, Keane's own label, which soon disappeared because there was already a company with that name.
and cover, as well as a reworked version of the single and its music video. Additionally, a DVD
was released featuring a cover showing a deer instead of the bull used on the single cover.
This newer release includes a 2003 demo of the song, featuring Rice-Oxley on lead vocals.
CD1
CD2
composed this song circa 2001. It was one of the first songs played without Dominic Scott
, ex-guitarist of the band, being possibly about him.
It was recorded at Les Essarts, Normandy
, France
, during the James Sanger sessions from August to November 2001. A newer version was recorded at the Helioscentric Studios in Rye, East Sussex
.
, on the Japan
ese version of Hopes and Fears and on the "Bend and Break
" single.
's (lead singer) favourite Keane song. It does not feature drumming. Probably composed by Rice-Oxley, who hasn't given any meaning to this song.
for "This Is the Last Time" was used only during gigs as a live visual. This first video featured a baby in a pushchair, graffiti
on the walls and pink trees without leaves.
The next two different videos were released for British and American markets, with the Fierce Panda single in 2003. The second video clip shows several trees under a pink sky and rain falling down.
Island Records used this idea to shot a third video with a similar background but this time Keane appearing on it.
The fourth and final video was directed by Howard Greenhaigh from Exposure Films and shot between 4 and 5 October 2004.
The video starts with Keane playing in the middle of the street. Then, Chaplin starts walking with his microphone. He realizes the cable of the microphone can't go farther so he changes his microphone for a taxicab radio. He continues walking with the radio and again he can't go on because of the cable. Finally Chaplin sees a music store, gets another microphone and then breaks the window. The band are now playing inside the store and now there's also a crowd watching them.
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
performed and composed by British rock band
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
Keane released in 13 October 2003 as their second commercial single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, first released with Fierce Panda Records and later in 2004 as a different version with Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
.
It appears as the second track of Hopes and Fears on its international version while the ninth on the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
one and was officially released as the fourth single from that album.
Although this song was one of the biggest hits in music in 2004, the single reached only 18, considerably less than other previous singles by the band.
For an easier reference, similar to "Everybody's Changing
Everybody's Changing
"Everybody's Changing" is a song performed and composed by English rock band Keane, from their debut album Hopes and Fears, on which it appears as the fourth track. After a single release on Fierce Panda in May 2003, which peaked at #122 in the UK Singles Chart, it was re-released on Island on 3...
", fans had divided the two different singles into parts 1 and 2.
Fierce Panda single
The Fierce Panda version was the first Keane record released outside the UK and one of the few singles available in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
This single sold around 4,000 copies and it's stated it charted at no. 58, however this was ineligible for the chart due to the web-link the record contained.
It was the only record ever co-released with White Light Records, Keane's own label, which soon disappeared because there was already a company with that name.
Island single
A year after signing with Island Records, a reissue of the song was released, on 22 November 2004. This reissue featured all-new B-sidesA-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
and cover, as well as a reworked version of the single and its music video. Additionally, a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
was released featuring a cover showing a deer instead of the bull used on the single cover.
This newer release includes a 2003 demo of the song, featuring Rice-Oxley on lead vocals.
Fierce Panda CD single
Catalogue number: NING147CD- "This Is the Last Time" – 3:31
- "Can't Stop Now" – 3:40
- "Allemande" – 4:22
Island CD single
Catalogue number: CID880- "This Is the Last Time"
- "She Opens Her Eyes"
- "This Is the Last Time" (demo)
- "This Is the Last Time" (video)
Island Limited Edition DVD
Catalogue number: CIDV880- "Somewhere Only You Know" (secret gig)
- "We Might as Well Be Strangers" (live; Villiers Theatre, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
5 February 2004) - "This Is the Last Time" (live; Irving PlazaIrving PlazaIrving Plaza is a 1,200-person ballroom-style music venue at 17 Irving Place and East 15th Street in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City...
New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
29 September 2004) - Photo Gallery - "This Is the Last Time" video.
UK 7" vinyl
Catalogue number: IS880- "This Is the Last Time"
- "She Opens Her Eyes"
France, 2CD
Released 3 October 2005.CD1
- "This Is the Last Time"
- "She Opens Her Eyes"
- "This Is the Last Time" (demo)
- "This Is the Last Time" (video)
CD2
- "This Is the Last Time"
- "Everybody's ChangingEverybody's Changing"Everybody's Changing" is a song performed and composed by English rock band Keane, from their debut album Hopes and Fears, on which it appears as the fourth track. After a single release on Fierce Panda in May 2003, which peaked at #122 in the UK Singles Chart, it was re-released on Island on 3...
" (live; Airwaves Festival, ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
23 October 2004)
Composition and recording
Tim Rice-OxleyTim Rice-Oxley
Timothy James Rice-Oxley , is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as co-founder, the principal composer and pianist, backing vocalist of piano rock band Keane.-Life and career:...
composed this song circa 2001. It was one of the first songs played without Dominic Scott
Dominic Scott
Dominic Scott is an Irish guitarist, and the founder of the English rock band Roundstone and rock band Keane.-Keane:Scott attended Tonbridge School in Kent, where he met the other members of the band which would become Keane. In 1995, he asked his friend Tim Rice-Oxley to form a band to play...
, ex-guitarist of the band, being possibly about him.
It was recorded at Les Essarts, Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, during the James Sanger sessions from August to November 2001. A newer version was recorded at the Helioscentric Studios in Rye, East Sussex
Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede...
.
Information about song's meaning
The song means regret, confusion and separating, commented by Rice-Oxley:Instrumentation
- Bass (Fender Jazz)
- Drums (Yamaha)
- Piano (Yamaha CP70)
- Reverse cymbals
- Synthesizer
Can't Stop Now
For more information about this song, visit "Can't Stop Now".Allemande
Only available on the Fierce Panda CD. Rice-Oxley explained to some fans the title is inspired by a family of pianos called Allemande. "Allemande" was played live a few times during 2004. It also appeared on the EP Live Recordings 2004Live Recordings 2004
The EP Live Recordings 2004 was the first live album by English alternative rock band Keane, first released in late spring 2005 . Six songs are featured on the record, recorded during the first part of the Hopes and Fears Tour...
, on the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese version of Hopes and Fears and on the "Bend and Break
Bend and Break
"Bend and Break" is a song performed and composed by English rock band Keane and was released as the sixth and last single from their debut album Hopes and Fears...
" single.
She Opens Her Eyes
Is Tom ChaplinTom Chaplin
Thomas Oliver "Tom" Chaplin is a singer, musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist of the piano rock band, Keane.-Life and career:...
's (lead singer) favourite Keane song. It does not feature drumming. Probably composed by Rice-Oxley, who hasn't given any meaning to this song.
- Echoes
- Piano (Yamaha CP70)
- Vocals (by Tom Chaplin)
This Is the Last Time (Demo)
Tim Rice-Oxley is the lead vocalist in this no-drums driven demo of the single.Technical information on songs
| Song | Length | Tempo Tempo In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:... |
Key Key (music) In music theory, the term key is used in many different and sometimes contradictory ways. A common use is to speak of music as being "in" a specific key, such as in the key of C major or in the key of F-sharp. Sometimes the terms "major" or "minor" are appended, as in the key of A minor or in the... |
Time signature Time signature The time signature is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and which note value constitutes one beat.... |
Genre Music genre A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music... |
| "This Is the Last Time" | 3:29 | 132bpm | G (Sol major) | 4/4 on 8 beats | Piano rock |
| "Can't Stop Now" | 3:38 | 120bpm | F (Fa major) | 4/4 on 8 beats | Piano rock |
| "Allemande" | 4:22 | 57bpm | D (Re major) | 3/4 | Acoustic ballad |
| "She Opens Her Eyes" | 4:28 | 72bpm | Ebm (Mi flat major) | 4/4 | Acoustic ballad |
| "This Is the Last Time" (demo) | 4:12 | 132bpm | G (Sol major) | 4/4 | Acoustic piano rock |
Music videos
The first music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "This Is the Last Time" was used only during gigs as a live visual. This first video featured a baby in a pushchair, graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
on the walls and pink trees without leaves.
The next two different videos were released for British and American markets, with the Fierce Panda single in 2003. The second video clip shows several trees under a pink sky and rain falling down.
Island Records used this idea to shot a third video with a similar background but this time Keane appearing on it.
The fourth and final video was directed by Howard Greenhaigh from Exposure Films and shot between 4 and 5 October 2004.
The video starts with Keane playing in the middle of the street. Then, Chaplin starts walking with his microphone. He realizes the cable of the microphone can't go farther so he changes his microphone for a taxicab radio. He continues walking with the radio and again he can't go on because of the cable. Finally Chaplin sees a music store, gets another microphone and then breaks the window. The band are now playing inside the store and now there's also a crowd watching them.
Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
3 |
| Euro Top 20 Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
12 |
| UK Official Download Chart UK Official Download Chart The UK Official Download Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being published on a Wednesday afternoon, so as to not to clash with the release of the main UK Singles Chart... |
15 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
18 |
| Italian Singles Chart Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
37 |
| Irish Singles Chart Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
43 |
| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
84 |