"There, There (The Boney King of Nowhere)" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 2003 as the lead single from their sixth album, Hail to the Thief. It was influenced by Can, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Pixies, with layered percussion that builds to a climax.
"There, There" reached number four on the UK singles chart, number one in Canada and Portugal, and number 14 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2025, Rolling Stone named it the 196th-greatest song of the 21st century so far. "There There" was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008), and a live version was released on the 2025 album Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003–2009).
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Recording
Radiohead worked on "There, There" during the sessions for their fourth album, Kid A (2000). They recorded it for their sixth album, Hail to the Thief, with their longtime producer, Nigel Godrich. They recorded a version at Ocean Way in Los Angeles in 2002, but were not satisfied with the results. According to the guitarist Jonny Greenwood, "Sometimes it doesn't work at all, because you haven't got the real volume of a live concert ... That just doesn't really work coming out of speakers in your front room ... It just sounded a bit like we were trying to make a worthy 'live band playing together' recording."