There Is

"There Is"
Single by Box Car Racer
from the album Box Car Racer
ReleasedAugust 19, 2002
Recorded2001
StudioSignature Sound & O'Henry Sound Studios
GenreAcoustic rock, alternative rock
Length3:17
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker
Producer(s)Jerry Finn
Box Car Racer singles chronology
"I Feel So"
(2002)
"There Is"
(2002)

"There Is" is the second and final single from Box Car Racer's eponymous album. The single peaked at number 32 on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The band performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 3, 2002,[1] and on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on October 17, 2002.[2] Guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge still occasionally plays a solo version of this song in concert with Angels & Airwaves. In 2024, Blink-182 performed the song as part of a medley alongside +44's "When Your Heart Stops Beating".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "There Is" (Radio edit) – 3:08
  2. "Tiny Voices" – 3:27

Music video

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In the music video, the band plays the song in the rain outside of a house, where a teenage boy is trying to get a girl to talk to him from her bedroom window. During the video, people come out of their houses trying to make the band stop. A policeman comes and takes away Tom DeLonge towards the end, as the boy runs into the girl's house and upstairs to her room to see her. The music video for the song was inspired by the film Say Anything... (1989), and was directed by Alexander Kosta.[4] It can be seen on the Box Car Racer DVD.

Charts

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[5] 32

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States August 19, 2002 (2002-08-19) [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Tunes On TV". Billboard. September 2, 2002. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Television Listings". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 17, 2002. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Blink-182 Setlist at Kia Center, Orlando". setlist.fm.
  4. ^ Joe D'Angelo (August 30, 2002). "Travis Barker Gets Busy With Transplants, New Blink-182 LP". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Box Car Racer – Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  6. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1466. August 16, 2002. p. 31. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
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