This Is the Last Time

"This Is the Last Time (2004 version)"
Single by Keane
from the album Hopes and Fears
B-side	"She Opens Her Eyes" "This Is the Last Time" (Demo) "Everybody's Changing" (Live)
Released	22 November 2004
Format	7" vinyl CD single
Recorded	Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex
Genre	Piano rock, Britpop
Length	3:29
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin Richard Hughes James Sanger
Producer(s)	Andy Green James Sanger Keane
Keane singles chronology
"Bedshaped" (2004) "This Is the Last Time" (2004) "Bend and Break" (2005)
Hopes and Fears (UK) track listing "Sunshine" (8) "This Is the Last Time" (9) "On a Day Like Today" (10) Hopes and Fears (Int'l) track listing "Somewhere Only We Know" (1) "This Is the Last Time" (2) "Bend and Break" (3) Promo cover Cover for the promo version release.

"This Is the Last Time" is a song performed and composed by British rock band Keane, released on 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 on their debut album Hopes and Fears as track two of the international version, but track nine on the British version. It was the fourth single from that album. Although the song was one of the biggest hits of 2004, the single only reached number 18 in the UK charts, considerably lower than previous singles by the band. For an easier reference, fans divided the two different singles into parts 1 and 2, similar to "Everybody's Changing".

The Fierce Panda version was the first Keane record released outside the UK and one of the few singles available in the United States. The single sold around 4,000 copies and is stated to have 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.

A year after signing with Island Records, a reissue of the song was released on 22 November 2004. This reissue featured all-new B-sides 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.

Catalogue number: NING147CD

Catalogue number: CID880

Catalogue number: CIDV880

Catalogue number: IS880

Released 18 March 2005.

Released 3 October 2005. CD1

CD2

Tim Rice-Oxley 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.