A banda foi formada em 1999 no subúrbio parisiense de Versailles, dentro do mesmo movimento do qual nasceu Air e Daft Punk no fim dos anos 90. Phoenix começou com um remix de "Kelly Watch the Stars" do Air. Eles rapidamente se tornaram um sucesso graças ao som underground loungy/mellow e do despretensioso álbum de 2000 - United.
Seu maior hit, "Too Young" ( na trilha sonora do filme Lost in Translation, de Sofia Coppola) impulsionou o álbum com força suficiente para conseguir um contrato para um segundo álbum em 2004: Alphabetical.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
VERSE: EBm I had a fever to empty your closet EBm I didn't think it would be that hard DBm You get to do what you want now see DBm Though we'll always have to do it apart see
VERSE: EBm I'm gonna scream a hundred thousand words EBm Now that your fever is long gone DBm Your wishes I couldn't tell, huh DBm I don't hear you talking but pretending to see
CHORUS: C#mBmAAAADD Ain't that enough courtesy laughs
VERSE: EBm I read my future in a fortune cookie EBm Without any safety procedure in mind DBm All of your things in the main hall DBm You told me to get rid of them, so
VERSE: EBm Sold an ugly necklace uptown EBm I found out it was egyptian DBm I tied up your letters DBm Buried them all with delegation see
CHORUS: C#mBmAAAADD Ain't that enough courtesy laughs
VERSE: EBm I hate that kind of wrong affection EBm I ain't ready to talk at all DBm It's all lies, misunderstandings DBm I'm all alone in the main hall
VERSE: EBm I hate that kind of wrong affection EBm I ain't ready to talk at all DBm It's all lies, misunderstandings DBm I'm all alone in the main hall
VERSE: EBm I'm gonna read every novel you read EBm I'm gonna learn what's egyptian DBm Pretend not to talk too much too DBm Sacrifice all of my agenda
VERSE: EBm I had a fever to empty your closet EBm I didn't think it would be that hard DBm You get to do what you want now see DBm Though we'll always have to do it apart
CHORUS: C#mBmAAAADD Ain't that enough courtesy laughs
VERSE: EBm I hate that kind of wrong affection EBm I ain't ready to talk at all DBm It's all lies, misunderstandings DBm I'm all alone in the main hall
VERSE: EBm I hate that kind of wrong affection EBm I ain't ready to talk at all DBm It's all lies, misunderstandings DBm I'm all alone in the main hall