Song · Shiny Toy Guns
“You Are the One” by Shiny Toy Guns
Released 2005
“You Are the One” by Shiny Toy Guns appears on 14 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2014. It was first released in 2005. Its best result is #6 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #48 alternative song of 2007 and #2,048 alternative song of all time.
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Shiny Toy Guns sent "You Are the One" out as the second single from We Are Pilots, sandwiched between "Le Disko" and "Rainy Monday", but its roots reach back to 2001. That year Jeremy Dawson and Chad Petree, working under the alias Slyder, released a composition called "Neo (The One)", and it ended up on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto III. Dawson, Chad Petree and Stephen Petree share the writing credit on this sleek new-wave rework.
It climbed to 25 on the Alternative Songs chart and 23 on Dance Airplay, and crept to 94 in the UK. The video keeps a girl trapped inside a huge bubble of water while the band plays in front of her, until the bridge bursts it open: rain pours down on the band, the wind howls, and what looks like an angel carries her away.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 102 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2007 | 21 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 53 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 27 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 | 107 |
| 2007 | 6 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 36 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 | 103 |
| 2007 | 32 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 686 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 724 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 738 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 766 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 798 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 832 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: You Are The One.
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