Naive
The Kooks
2006
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Release: 2006
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Inside In/Inside Out album and March 2006 single, not a new 2025 recording.
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Naive - release / recording history
Inside In/Inside Out album and March 2006 single, not a new 2025 recording. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
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About The Kooks
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The Kooks formed in Brighton in 2004 around musicians including Luke Pritchard, Hugh Harris, Max Rafferty and Paul Garred. Their guitar-based pop drew on Britpop, punk and garage rock. The 2006 debut Inside In/Inside Out introduced songs such as Naive and She Moves in Her Own Way to a broad British audience.
Artist background sources
The Kooks - AllMusic biography
Read Brighton origin, early members, stylistic description, debut album and named singles. Unrelated Kooks discographies are excluded. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Naive by The Kooks is included in the 2025 annual collection. The cited source identifies its annual or chart association. A documented songwriting inspiration has not been established for this record; this is chart context, not a creative-origin account.
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Official Charts UK year-end singles 2025
UK annual chart position 71; not US rank or original release year.
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Official Charts UK year-end singles 2025
UK annual chart position 71; not US rank or original release year.
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