One Thing (Finger Eleven song)

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"One Thing"
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Single by Finger Eleven
from the album Finger Eleven
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)
Length
  • 4:39 (album version)
  • 3:32 (radio edit)
LabelWind-up
Songwriter(s)
  • Scott Anderson
  • James Black
Producer(s)Johnny K
Finger Eleven singles chronology
"Good Times"
(2003) 		"One Thing"
(2003) 		"Absent Elements"
(2004)

"One Thing" is a song by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven. It was released on September 8, 2003, as the second single from their self-titled third album (2003). The song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top 10 on three other Billboard charts. In Canada, the song reached number 28 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Top 30 airplay chart.

Release[]

The band had thought their single "Stay in Shadow" would become a popular hit, but strong success fell on "One Thing" instead, although the track didn't find wide mainstream attention until several months after its 2003 release. "One Thing" reached number 16 in the US and had exposure on TV series such as Smallville, Scrubs, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Third Watch. It was used on WWE's June 25, 2007, edition of RAW during a tribute video featuring Chris Benoit, who had been found dead along with his wife and son at their home shortly before the show started (unbeknownst to WWE, Benoit had murdered his wife and son, then killed himself).

Chart performance[]

This song hit number five on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and stayed there for 26 weeks. The song peaked at number two on the Adult Top 40 chart and found moderate success on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number 23.

Music video[]

The song won the 2004 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Video. The music video features black-and-white footage of the band in a surreal nocturnal environment featuring a beach with a checkered pattern shore. A massive hourglass is seen on the checkered floor as well as band members perched on tall stands and leafless trees. Other imagery includes a crow, a woman standing over thousands of candles along a building floor, a symphony orchestra conductor conducting an empty orchestra, and a musical box with a spinning, lifelike ballerina. The "One Thing" video is featured on WWE's Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story and Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story DVDs as an extra.

Charts[]

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United States September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)
Wind-up [11][12]
March 15, 2004 (2004-03-15)
[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "R&R Canada CHR/Pop Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1573. September 17, 2004. p. 38. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "R&R Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1551. April 16, 2004. p. 59. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  7. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  8. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  9. ^ "Finger Eleven Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  10. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 2004". billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  11. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1520. September 5, 2003. p. 24. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  13. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1546. March 12, 2004. p. 24. Retrieved June 13, 2021.

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