Monsters (Something for Kate song)

"Monsters"
Single by Something for Kate
from the album Echolalia
B-side	Hawaiian Robots "The Astronaut" (Live Acoustic) "Submarine" "Monsters" (Album Version)
Released	30 April 2001
Studio	Mangrove Studio
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Murmur
Songwriters	Clint Hyndman, Paul Dempsey, Stephanie Ashworth
Producers	Trina Shoemaker, Something for Kate
Something for Kate singles chronology
"Say Something" (2002) "Monsters" (2001) "Three Dimensions" (2003)

Monsters is a song by Australian indie rock group, Something for Kate. It was released on 30 April 2001, as the lead single ahead of their third studio album, Echolalia (2001) ^[1] , and peaked at No.15 on the ARIA Singles Charts. ^[2] The song was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2001 ARIA Music Awards, and Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2002. The song was voted second by Triple J listeners in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2001 ^[3] , and 88th in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years in 2013. ^[4]

Music video

The Bart Borghesi directed music video for "Monsters" was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Video in 2001, but lost to "Wake Up" by Eskimo Joe.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Something for Kate.

Australian CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Monsters" (Single Version)	3:39
2.	"Hawaiian Robots"	4:53
3.	"The Astronaut" (Live Acoustic)	3:11
4.	"Submarine"	5:17
5.	"Monsters" (Album Version)	4:29

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [5]	15

References

1. "Monsters". Something For Kate . 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
2. "Something for Kate - Monsters". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
3. Jenke, Tyler (2021-12-10). "Revisiting triple j's Hottest 100s of years gone by: 2001". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
4. "Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100 | triple j". www.abc.net.au. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
5. "Something for Kate – Monsters". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 5 November 2025.