“You” by Candlebox

"You" was the second single from Candlebox's self-titled 1993 debut, and it became one of the songs the band is best known for. Kevin Martin, who sings it and wrote the words, has described it as his farewell to a drug habit that took hold in high school: on his 18th birthday he saw Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett floored him as a frontman, and he quit the next morning.

Peter Klett plays guitar, Bardi Martin bass and Scott Mercado drums, and Kelly Gray produced and mixed it with the band. It climbed to 6 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and 78 on the Hot 100, and later landed in the 1996 film Foxfire and on its soundtrack. Samuel Bayer directed one of its two videos, a studio performance shot through with dark imagery.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.