Song · Robbie Williams
“She's the One” by Robbie Williams
From the album I’ve Been Expecting You (1998)
“She's the One” by Robbie Williams appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2004. It was first released in 1998 on the album I’ve Been Expecting You. Its best result is #34 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,628 alternative song of all time.
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Robbie Williams found "She's the One" in Karl Wallinger's songbook: Wallinger wrote it for World Party's Egyptology in 1997, and it won him an Ivor Novello Award that year. Guy Chambers, who had played keyboards in World Party, always thought that original sounded unfinished, more demo than record, so when he and Williams cut their own version, with Wallinger's touring band and without Wallinger knowing, they gave it the full treatment. Chambers arranges, plays piano and produces with Steve Power; Steve McEwan handles the guitars, David Catlin-Birch the bass and Chris Sharrock the drums.
It landed on I've Been Expecting You, Williams' second album, in 1998, and came out as a single in November 1999, his second big ballad after "Angels". It went to number one in Britain, went platinum, and turned up on The Ego Has Landed that same year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 269 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
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