"Are You the One?" is the lead single by Australian electronic dance music duo The Presets, from their debut studio album Beams. The single backed with non-album tracks "Truth and Lies" and "Midnight Boundary", as well a remix of "Girl and the Sea" by Cut Copy[1] was released on 24 October 2005. The song peaked at No. 68 on the ARIA singles charts.[2]
| "Are You the One?" | ||||
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| Single by The Presets | ||||
| from the album Beams | ||||
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| Released | 23 October 2005 | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
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| The Presets singles chronology | ||||
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The UK version of the single (which appeared in early 2006) featured remixes by Simian Mobile Disco and Van She.[1] A remix of the song by French DJ, Lifelike, was commissioned in 2008 to feature in a BMW 1 Series commercial in Australia.[3]
Reviews
editA review on Sputnik Music describes the song as "absolutely fanstastic, the best on the album, and the catchiest."[4] Dan Raper at Popmatters states "the beat is a semitone-rumble of distorted fuzz, the vocals, thrown off with the yelp of Green Velvet in “La La Land”, and the chorus is anthemic, defiant, addictive."[5] Marc Hogan at Pitchfork Media however states that it is tuneless and "all hoovering bass and forgettable lyrics".[6]
In 2015, the song was listed at number 41 in In the Mix's 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time with Nick Jarvis calling it "[an] aggressive dance-punk track custom made for sweaty basements" and said "[its] perfectly capturing the keen anticipation and anxiety of a loose night spent getting to know a potential new bedmate."[7]
Music video
editThe music video, which was directed by Moyes,[8] was nominated for Best Video at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.[9]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, except "Girl and the Sea" written by Julian Hamilton, Kim Moyes and Samuel Dixon
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Are You the One?" | 3:26 |
| 2. | "Girl and the Sea" (Cut Copy Remix) | 6:40 |
| 3. | "Truth and Lies" | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Midnight Boundary" | 3:22 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[10] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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| Australia | 23 October 2005 | Modular | Digital download | — |
| 24 October 2005 | CD, 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl | MODCDS024 |
References
edit- ^ a b "'Are You the One?'". Discogs. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 9 June 2008" (PDF) (954). Australian Web Archive. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "'Are You the One?'". BMW 1 Series. (BMW). Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ "The Presets - Beams". Sputnik Music. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ Raper, Dan (17 April 2006). "The Presets: Beams". Popmatters. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ Hogan, Marc (20 June 2006). "The Presets: Beams". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time". 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Kris Moyes - Circulum Vitae" (PDF). Kris Moyes. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "2006 Winners - ARIA Awards". Australasian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.