She's the One (World Party song)

"She's the One"
Song by World Party
from the album Egyptology
Released 1997
Recorded 1996/97
Genre Alternative rock, Britpop
Length 4:56
Label The Enclave
Songwriter(s) Karl Wallinger
Producer(s) Karl Wallinger

"She's the One" is a song by British rock band World Party. It was written and produced by Karl Wallinger for World Party's fourth studio album, Egyptology (1997).

The song won an Ivor Novello Award in 1997.[1] World Party performed the song live on Later... with Jools Holland in 1998, before it was covered by Robbie Williams the following year.

Robbie Williams version

"She's the One"
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album I've Been Expecting You
A-side "It's Only Us"
Released 8 November 1999
Format CD single, cassette
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Length 4:18 ("She's the One")
2:51 ("It's Only Us")
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Karl Wallinger
Producer(s) Guy Chambers, Steve Power
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Strong"
(1999)		 "She's the One" / "It's Only Us"
(1999)		 "Win Some Lose Some"
(1999)
Music video
"She's the One" on YouTube

In 1999, "She's the One" was covered by Robbie Williams. In most countries, the song was released alone, but in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, it was released as a double A-side single with "It's Only Us". It was the fourth single from his second studio album, I've Been Expecting You (1998) and was also included on his first compilation album, The Ego Has Landed (1999). The song became Williams' second number-one single in the United Kingdom.

The song went on to win a number of awards around the world, including a 2000 Brit Awards for British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year in 2000, and it also won a Capital Radio Award for Best Single.

Chart performance

"She's the One"/"It's Only Us" became Williams' second number-one solo single in the United Kingdom, shipping over 490,000 copies[2] and being certified Gold by the BPI. The double A-side also reached the top three in New Zealand. "She's the One" by itself reached number eight in Italy, number 13 in Finland, number 16 in Austria, and became a top 40 hit in several other European countries.

Music video

In the video Williams is a coach to an ice skating couple - portrayed by Pamela O'Connor and Jonathon O'Dougherty - but when the male skater gets injured during practice, Williams takes his place for the final and gets the highest scores. In the video, he performs a backflip, which is actually illegal in competitive figure skating. Furthermore, the skating couple manages to obtain a score of 6.1 from the British judge, whereas at the time a score of 6.0 was the maximum.

Philip Woods, a 10-year-old figure skater from Chelmsford, played the young Williams in a flashback.

Track listing

UK CD1

  1. "She's the One" (Wallinger) – 4:18
  2. "It's Only Us" – 2:51
  3. "Millennium" (Live at Slane Castle) – 4:39
  4. "She's the One" (enhanced video)

UK CD2

  1. "It's Only Us" – 2:51
  2. "She's the One" – 4:18
  3. "Coke & Tears" – 4:24
  4. "It's Only Us" (enhanced video)

Charts and certifications

Other versions

Andy Williams released a version of "She's the One" on his 2007 album, I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up. The song was also included on Eoghan Quigg's critically vilified 2009 album. German jazz and pop artist Marc Secara recorded the song with the Berlin Jazz Orchestra on the CD You're Everything and released March 2008; this was arranged for big band by Steve Gray.[20]

On 10 October 2009, Olly Murs covered the song during the first live show of the sixth series of The X Factor. During the final of the following series, One Direction also performed a duet of the song with Williams. In the tenth series of the show, Nicholas McDonald performed the song as well. On 11 October 2014, Jake Quickenden sang it during the eleventh series.

Hong Kong girl band 2R released a single called "When He's the Only One in the World" in 2006 for their first greatest hit album. The song largely sampled the verse of "She's the One".

References

  1. ↑ Cassidy, Andy (7 October 2012). "World Party: Interview with Karl Wallinger". pennymusic.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Myers, Justin (14 November 2014). "Number 1 today in 1999: Robbie Williams – She's the One". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Robbie Williams – She's the One" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Robbie Williams – She's the One" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Robbie Williams – She's the One" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ http://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.fr/2014/04/robbie-williams-veritable-star-mondiale.html
  7. ↑ "Robbie Williams: She's the One" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  8. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Robbie Williams – She's the One" (in French). Les classement single.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Robbie Williams – She's the One". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  10. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – She's the One". Irish Singles Chart.
  11. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Robbie Williams – She's the One". Top Digital Download.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 50, 1999" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Robbie Williams – She's the One" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. ↑ "Charts.nz – Robbie Williams – She's the One/It's Only Us". Top 40 Singles.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Robbie Williams – She's the One". Singles Top 100.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Robbie Williams – She's the One". Swiss Singles Chart.
  18. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Robbie Williams – She's The One/It's Only Us". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type She's The One/It's Only Us in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  20. ↑ You're Everything CD, Marc Secara and Berlin Jazz Orchestra arranged by Steve Gray, track #3 - 'She's the One'
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