| One Thing | |
| Cover: | finger_eleven_one_thing.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Finger Eleven |
| Album: | Finger Eleven |
| Genre: | Soft rock |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Wind-up |
| Producer: | Johnny K |
| Prev Title: | Good Times |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Absent Elements |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"One Thing" is a soft rock song by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, released on September 8, 2003, as the second single from their self-titled third album (2003). It reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top 10 on three other Billboard charts. In Canada, it made number 28 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Top 30 airplay chart.
The band had thought their single "Stay in Shadow" would become a popular hit, but strong success fell on "One Thing" instead, although the track didn't find wide mainstream attention until several months after its 2003 release. "One Thing" reached number 16 in the US and had exposure on TV series such as Smallville, Scrubs, and Third Watch.
The song won the 2004 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Video. The music video features black-and-white footage of the band in a surreal nocturnal environment featuring a beach with a checkered pattern shore. A massive hourglass is seen on the checkered floor as well as band members perched on tall stands and leafless trees. Other imagery includes a crow, a woman standing over thousands of candles along a building floor, a symphony orchestra conductor conducting an empty orchestra, and a musical box with a spinning, lifelike ballerina. The "One Thing" video is featured on WWE's Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story and Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story DVDs as an extra.
"One Thing" hit number five on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and stayed there for 26 weeks. It peaked at number two on the Adult Top 40 chart and number 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
| Chart (2003–2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[1] | 1 |
| Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS)[2] | 6 |
| Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (Radio & Records)[3] | 28 |
| Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[4] | 14 |
| Chart (2004) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 66 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[6] | 16 | |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[7] | 38 | |
| US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[8] | 26 | |
| US Triple-A (Billboard)[9] | 28 |
| Chart (2005) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] | 43 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[11] | 10 |
| Region | Date | Formats | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | September 8, 2003 | Wind-up | [12] [13] | |
| March 15, 2004 | [14] |