"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" is the first single from Queens of the Stone Age's second album, Rated R. It was released in the summer of 2000 through Interscope Records in Europe as a standard single, and in the United States as only a promotional one.

The song was featured in the films Sound City and Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, the TV series Numbers, Nip/Tuck, Entourage and Daria, and in the video games Tony Hawk: Ride, Driver: San Francisco and Gran Turismo 5.

"The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs.

In 2016, Louder Sound ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Queens of the Stone Age songs,[1] and in 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number one on their list of the 20 greatest Queens of the Stone Age songs.

[2] All tracks by Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri, except where noted.