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“One Thing” by Finger Eleven

From the album Finger Eleven (2003)

“One Thing” by Finger Eleven appears on 29 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2003 and 2020. It was first released in 2003 on the album Finger Eleven. Its best result is #11 on The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #42 alternative song of 2004, #4,575 alternative song of all time and #195 of the '00s.

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Finger Eleven - One Thing (Official Music Video)

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"One Thing" came off Finger Eleven's self-titled third album in 2003, and it wasn't the song the Canadian band had bet on. They figured "Stay in Shadow" would be the breakout; instead this slow-burner, written by Scott Anderson and James Black, crept up on radio months after it came out. Johnny K produced it for Wind-up, and it's all restraint: chiming guitars, a hushed verse, and a chorus that swells without ever tipping into a shout.

Once it caught, it held on: number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 5 on Modern Rock Tracks over a 26-week run, number two on Adult Top 40, and a top-10 hit on Canadian pop radio. The black-and-white video, which drops the band into a dreamlike nighttime setting with a beach whose shoreline is laid out like a checkerboard, won Best Video at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 96 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 52 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 50 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 20 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 54 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 91 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 78 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 14 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2004 72 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 50 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 40 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 33 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 80 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 65 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 66 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 98
2004 11 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 107
2004 34 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 13 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 43 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 22 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 15 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004 50
2004 19 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 15 WIRS 107.9 College station WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 60 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 70 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 178 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2011 13 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2012 37 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2020 470 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500

Also listed as: The One Thing.

Charting alongside it in 2004

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  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
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