You're All I Have Explained

You're All I Have
Cover:You're All I Have.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Snow Patrol
Album:Eyes Open
B-Side:
  • "The Only Noise"
  • "Perfect Little Secret"
Length:4:33 (album version)
Label:
Producer:Jacknife Lee
Prev Title:How to Be Dead
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Chasing Cars
Next Year:2006

"You're All I Have" is a song by Northern Irish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released on 24 April 2006 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Eyes Open (2006). The song was used by RTÉ sport to promote the return of The Sunday Game for the 2006 GAA Championships. It became the band's second big hit after the success of "Run" in 2004, peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

According to Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody: "It's near the beginning of a dangerously reliant relationship. The album is full of songs like this. Rather than a break-up record this is a make-up record. That is a massive generalisation but it is a more positive record than the last".April 2009. He has said that "the song is about a damaging but fulfilling relationship, something that terrifies you, but you can't quite bring yourself to look away".[1]

Reception

Critical reception

Yahoo! Music's Ben Gilbert welcomed the single warmly, giving it 7 stars out of 10. He said that the song was Snow Patrol's return to the UK rock scene "with the sort of form that would see an ex-con arrested on sight." Though he criticised the song for being "too much of a mediocre stretch bearing in mind our location in the year 2006 and the current existence of Spank Rock", he defended the song saying "there is a keening momentum and inevitably busted emotional power to Gary Lightbody and co's comeback that suggest all of their dreams are about to come true."[2]

Accolades

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Nathan Connolly. It was filmed in a working power station in Kent. It features the band play the song on a platform 120 feet in the air.[4] When the single was released in the United States, another video directed by David S. Goyer was shot. The band flew to Los Angeles for the shoot, from Las Vegas where they had been staying for a while.[5] Connolly later said that the band were not fans of shooting videos. He felt the band could not act, even if they tried and was personally relieved that he was not needed to act in the video.[5]

Track listings

  1. "You're All I Have" (live from Koko)
  2. "Run" (live from Koko)
  1. "You're All I Have"
  2. "The Only Noise"
  3. "Perfect Little Secret"
  4. "You're All I Have" (video)

A. "You're All I Have"

B. "You're All I Have" (Minotaur Shock remix)

  1. "You're All I Have"
  2. "The Only Noise"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006–2007)Peak
position
Australian Digital Tracks (ARIA)[10] 21
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)[11] 12

Year-end charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United Kingdom24 April 2006CD[13]
United States29 January 2007Alternative radioA&M[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moss. Corey. Snow Patrol 'Chasing' Hits — Not Acting Gigs — After Breakthrough '06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105180740/http://www.mtv.com/news/1548676/snow-patrol-chasing-hits-not-acting-gigs-after-breakthrough-06/. dead. 5 January 2017. mtv.com. 5 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Snow Patrol - 'You're All I Have'. Yahoo! Music. 23 June 2009.
  3. Web site: Countdowns - The Rock 1000 . . 9 January 2010 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20091113120610/http://www.therock.net.nz/The-Rock-1000/tabid/426/articleID/3198/cat/392/Default.aspx . 13 November 2009.
  4. Web site: You're All I Have. Snow Patrol. 15 July 2009.
  5. Love minus zero: Snow limit . 11 January 2007 . Power . Ed . . 1 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071117092621/http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2903473.html . 17 November 2007. Appears as: "Snow Patrol flew to LA from Las Vegas, scene of the video shoot for their next US single, "You're All I Have". The promo was overseen by David Goyer, a director and screenwriter..." and "'We're not really fans of making videos,' says Connolly of their sojourn in The Killers' home town. 'Up until now we've been lucky because all everyone wants us to do is stand there and play in front of the camera. There's no need for any acting. I don't think we could do that if we tried.'"
  6. You're All I Have. Snow Patrol. 2006. UK CD single liner notes. Fiction Records, Polydor Records. 9857184.
  7. You're All I Have. Snow Patrol. 2006. UK maxi-CD single liner notes. Fiction Records, Polydor Records. 9853867.
  8. You're All I Have. Snow Patrol. 2006. UK 7-inch single sleeve. Fiction Records, Polydor Records. 9853868.
  9. You're All I Have. Snow Patrol. 2006. European CD single liner notes. Fiction Records, Polydor Records. 9856358.
  10. Web site: ARIA Report: Week Commencing 13 November 2006. Australian Web Archive. 871. 13 November 2006. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20061219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20061220-0000/issue871.pdf. 19 December 2006. 22 March 2018.
  11. Web site: Pop Rock. Record Report. es. 15 July 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060716092450/http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock. 16 July 2006.
  12. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2006. Official Charts Company. 19 July 2010.
  13. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 25. 22 April 2006.
  14. Web site: FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock. FMQB. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130322142732/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771. 22 March 2013. 29 January 2022.

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