"This Is the Last Time" is a song performed and composed by British rock band Keane, released on 22 November 2004 as the fourth commercial single from their debut album, Hopes and Fears (2004).
The Fierce Panda version was the first Keane record released outside the UK and one of the few singles available in the United States.
This version featured a new cover of a bull on a yellow background, the version of the song from Hopes and Fears, an all-new B-side "She Opens Her Eyes", a demo of the single from 2003 with Rice-Oxley on lead vocals, and the music video for the single.
It was recorded at Les Essarts, Normandy, France, during the James Sanger sessions from August to November 2001.
The song means regret, confusion and separating, commented by Rice-Oxley: (…) You have a bond with someone but you don't want to stay with them forever, so you decide to go.
Island Records used this idea to shoot a third video with a similar background but this time Keane appearing on it.
The fourth and final video was directed by Howard Greenhaigh from Exposure Films and shot between 4 and 5 October 2004.
It also appeared on the EP Live Recordings 2004, on the Japanese version of Hopes and Fears and on the "Bend and Break" single.