Monday, October 13, 2025

Naive - The Kooks

Naïve - The Kooks
3:23
Inside In / Inside Out, 2006
Written by Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Max Rafferty and Paul Garred

Seven hundred ninety-eight million plays for this song alone, and I've never heard of the band.  I have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of a certain kind of music, but there are also knowledge gaps the size of libraries.  Anyhoo, the song is about a relationship that seems to have run its course.  The songwriter says it's not about infidelity, but with the repeated line "How could this be done / By such a smiling sweetheart?" it's easy to believe that it is.  Musically, it's a catchy, midtempo indie rock shuffle, with hints of funk, ska and Merseybeat.

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