The song was also critically acclaimed, receiving a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards.

[10] Eric Carr of Pitchfork Media called it an "easy groove" and "four-to-the-floor slime of the highest quality".

[11] "No One Knows" was awarded the number one position on Australian national radio station Triple J's annual Hottest 100 2002, with four other Queens of the Stone Age tracks also charting.

[14] Rolling Stone placed "No One Knows" at number 97 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time, saying of the track, "QOTSA guitarist and overall mastermind Josh Homme found the sweet spot between hooky hard rock and the pulverizing metal he'd grown up playing.

[16] "No One Knows" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2003 Grammys and was the band's first, but they lost the award to Foo Fighters for "All My Life",[17] which was credited to Dave Grohl, who was filling in as the drummer for Queens of the Stone Age.

The first has band members Homme, Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan driving a truck at night, whereupon they hit a deer.

When they get out to inspect, the deer proceeds to attack them before going on a rampage in their International Scout, with the three band members tied to the hood of the car.

The second section of the video is of Homme, Oliveri, Troy Van Leeuwen and Dave Grohl performing the song against a black background.

[32] "No One Knows" has been covered by numerous groups, including The Section Quartet on their 2007 album, Fuzzbox,[33] and Franco Saint de Bakker,[34] with the song appearing on their 2004 release Live At The Ancienne Belgique.