One Thing (Finger Eleven song)

"One Thing" is a song by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven. It was released in September 2003 as the second single from their self-titled album.

"One Thing"
Single by Finger Eleven
from the album Finger Eleven
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003
FormatCD
Genre
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)

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).

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.

Chart performance

This song hit number five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart being their highest-charting single there and stayed there for 26 weeks only behind "Paralyzer" that hit number one on the chart and staying on the chart for 52 weeks being one of the longest running songs on the chart. The song was the most successful on the Adult Top 40 peaking at the top at number two failing to reaching number one being held off by Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved" which had more airplay and sales, it also did well on other charts peaking number 11 on contemporary hit radio and found moderate success at number 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart, the only Finger Eleven song to chart there.

Charts
Chart (2003–04) Peak
position
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[1] 14
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 16
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[3] 2
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 23
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[5] 38
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] 5
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[7] 11

References
  1. "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. April 16, 2004. p. 59. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  2. "Finger Eleven Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  3. "Finger Eleven Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  4. "Finger Eleven Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  5. "Finger Eleven Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  6. "Finger Eleven Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  7. "Finger Eleven Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
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