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| label = Interscope

| writer = Brian Chase, Karen Lee Orzolek, Nick Zinner

| producer = David Andrew Sitek
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"'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. It was released 2003, and the band performed the song at that year's MTV Movie Awards. The music video received extensive play on MTV. It reached number nine on 'Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and was included in the popular video game 'Rock Band'.

Track listing



Music video



The video shows the band playing in an audition in a high school gymnasium, with different light filters changing the color of the room. Karen O's crying in the video was not staged. She explains: "They were real tears. My boyfriend at the time (Angus Andrew) was supposed to come to the shoot he was three hours late and I was just about to leave for tour. I didn't think he was even going to come and this was the song that was written for him. He eventually showed up and I got myself in a real emotional state." The song title allegedly stands for My Angus Please Stay., minute 4:32 The video received substantial play on MTV. The video was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards at the 2004 ceremony: Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and the MTV2 Award. It was directed by Patrick Daughters.

Notable cover versions



* The White Stripes at the Reading Festival 2004.

* Arcade Fire, on 'The Jo Whiley Show's' Live Lounge.

* Ted Leo as part of a medley with Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone."

* Macy Gray on her album 'Covered'.

* The Bad Plus on their album 'It's Hard'.

*Camp Cope covered the song for Triple J's Like A Version

*Anderson Paak on his 2013 EP Cover Art

* Keaton Henson on his EP The Lucky EP.

* Freya Ridings as a 2017 promotional single.

Reception



"Maps" has received vast critical acclaim. Some examples:

* In 2009, it was voted the best alternative love song of all time by 'NME'.

* The song was also listed at number six on 'Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s.

* 'Rolling Stone' ranked "Maps" as the 7th best song of the 2000s.

* On April 7, 2011, 'Rolling Stone' ranked "Maps" number 386 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Its 2021 list placed it at number 101.

* In October 2011, 'NME' placed it at number 55 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

* 'NME' ranked "Maps" at number 1 on their list of "Indie Weddings Songs: 20 Tracks Perfect For Your First Dance."

"Hold Up," a song recorded by Beyonc for her 2016 album, 'Lemonade', contains an interpolation of the "Maps" lyric, "Wait, they don't love you like I love you." Beyonc sings the line as "Hold up, they don't love you like I love you," which was based on a 2011 tweet from Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig paraphrasing "Maps." Koenig and Diplo recorded a demo version of "Hold Up" in 2014 including the interpolated line, and when Beyonc released the song on 'Lemonade', the three members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs shared in the songwriting credits.

Charts



References




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