"Go with the Flow" is a song by Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...

 from the album Songs for the Deaf

Songs for the Deaf

-Production and release:In September 2002, Josh Homme explained the band's goals with the release of the album:In the same month, Nick Oliveri explained the band's aims in an interview with retail company HMV:...

, released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in 2003. At the 46th Grammy Awards, the song was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song was filmed in England by Shynola

Shynola

Shynola is the collective name of a group of, then, four visual artistsbased in London who have collaborated on a variety of projects,most notably a number of acclaimed music videos for several pioneering artists....

. At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards

2003 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 28, 2003, honoring the best music videos from June 1, 2002, to June 9, 2003. The show was hosted by Chris Rock at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City...

, it won Best Special Effects and was nominated for Best Art Direction. The video—rendered in black, white, and red—features the band performing at the back of a pickup truck

Pickup truck

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 driving through a desert highway. The video also shows sexual themes such as a metaphor of two cars colliding with each other; symbolizing intercourse and an image of a trident

Trident

A trident , also called a trishul or leister or gig, is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and was also a military weapon. Tridents are featured widely in mythical, historical and modern culture. The major Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer and the sea god Poseidon or Neptune are...

 showing some erotic attributes.

Video game usage

The song was featured in the video games Freestyle Street Soccer

Freestyle Street Soccer

Freestyle Street Soccer is a sports video game released in 2004 by Silicon Dreams. It is also known as Urban Freestyle Soccer in Europe....

, SingStar Amped, Juiced 2, Gran Turismo 4

Gran Turismo 4

is a racing simulator for the Sony PlayStation 2 which was developed by Polyphony Digital. It was released on December 28, 2004 in Japan and Hong Kong , February 22, 2005 in North America , and March 9, 2005 in Europe , and has since been re-issued under Sony's 'Greatest Hits' line...

, SingStar Rocks!, Rock Band and Rocksmith

Rocksmith

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as a playable track. It is also featured in MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge is the third entry in the MotorStorm series of video games, developed by Bigbig Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable...

 for the PSP and PS2.

Cover versions

• Norwegian
  Norway
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
  
   electronic music duo Röyksopp
  Röyksopp
  Röyksopp is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland....
  
   has recorded a cover version/remix of this song which is on their Röyksopp's Night Out
  Röyksopp's Night Out
  Röyksopp's Night Out is an EP by Norwegian electronica group Röyksopp. It contains live recordings from a concert in Norway, Rockefeller in November 2005.This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions....
  
  EP.

• German electronic music group Northern Lite has recorded a cover version of this song which is on their album Temper.

• Pitty
  Pitty
  Priscilla Novaes Leone , better known as Pitty, is a Brazilian rock singer.She had played in two bands, Shes and Inkoma, before starting her solo career in 2003. She has sold over 2 million copies in her career, being one of the best selling rock artists in the 2000s...
  
   recorded a cover version for a Brazilian radio station.

• Norwegian
  Norway
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
  
   musician Stein Roger Sordal, formerly of Green Carnation
  Green Carnation
  Green Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
  
  , has recorded an acoustic cover of the song.

Track listings

UK CD 1:

1. "Go with the Flow" (album version)
2. "No One Knows
   No One Knows
   "No One Knows" is a song by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age written by band members Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. It was the first single and second track from their third album, Songs for the Deaf, and was released on November 26, 2002. "No One Knows" was a chart success, becoming the...
   
   " (UNKLE
   UNKLE
   Unkle are a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
   
    reconstruction remix radio edit)
3. "Hangin' Tree" (live at the Melkweg in Amsterdam on June 24, 2002)
4. "Go with the Flow" (CD-ROM video)

UK CD 2:

1. "Go with the Flow" (album version)
2. "Regular John" (live; Melkweg in Amsterdam on June 24, 2002)
3. "Do It Again" (live; Melkweg in Amsterdam on June 24, 2002)

Australian Special Edition:

1. "Go with the Flow" (album version)
2. "Avon" (live; The Mean Fiddler on June 25, 2002)
3. "No One Knows
   No One Knows
   "No One Knows" is a song by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age written by band members Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. It was the first single and second track from their third album, Songs for the Deaf, and was released on November 26, 2002. "No One Knows" was a chart success, becoming the...
   
   " (Lavelle remix radio edit version)
4. "No One Knows" (CD-ROM video)

Dutch Edition:

1. "Go with the Flow" (album version)
2. "Avon" (live; The Mean Fiddler on June 25, 2002)
3. "No One Knows" (UNKLE Reconstruction radio edit)
4. "No One Knows" (CD-ROM video)

UK 12":

1. "Go with the Flow" (album version)
2. "No One Knows" (UNKLE reconstruction vocal version)

The 12" is pressed on clear vinyl and may be limited.