There Is Explained

There Is
Cover:Box Car Racer single cover There Is.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Box Car Racer
Album:Box Car Racer
Released:August 19, 2002
Recorded:2001
Studio:Signature Sound & O'Henry Sound Studios
Genre:Acoustic rock, alternative rock
Length:3:17
Label:MCA
Producer:Jerry Finn
Prev Title:I Feel So
Prev Year: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 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

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

Music video

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.

Notes and References

  1. Tunes On TV. September 2, 2002. Billboard. April 14, 2017.
  2. News: Television Listings. October 17, 2002. Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 6.
  3. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blink182/2024/kia-center-orlando-fl-6babae1e.html
  4. News: Travis Barker Gets Busy With Transplants, New Blink-182 LP. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207072432/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457280/travis-barker-gets-busy-with-transplants-new-blink-182-lp/. dead. December 7, 2014. August 30, 2002. Joe D'Angelo. MTV News. April 14, 2017.
  5. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Box Car Racer|chart=Alternative Songs}} Box Car Racer – Chart History]. April 15, 2017. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  6. Going for Adds. Radio & Records. 1466. 31. August 16, 2002. August 9, 2022.