Are You the One? (song)

"Are You the One?"
Single by The Presets
from the album Beams
B-side
  • "Truth and Lies"
  • "Midnight Boundary"
Released 23 October 2005 (2005-10-23)
(see release history)
Format
Length 03:26
Label
  • Modular (AUS)
  • Universal Island (UK)
Writer(s)
The Presets singles chronology
"Girl and the Sea"
(2004)		 "Are You the One?"
(2005)		 "Down Down Down"
(2006)

"Are You the One?" is the second single released 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]

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

A 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]

Music video

The music video, which was directed by Moyes,[7] was nominated for 'Best Video' at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.[8]

Track listing

All tracks 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

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia 23 October 2005 Modular Digital download —
24 October 2005 CD, 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl MODCDS024

References

  1. 1 2 "'Are You the One?'". Discogs. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 9 June 2008" (PDF) (954). Pandora Archive. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "'Are You the One?'". BMW 1 Series. (BMW). Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Presets - Beams". Sputnik Music. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Raper, Dan (17 April 2006). "The Presets: Beams". Popmatters. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Hogan, Marc (20 June 2006). "The Presets: Beams". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kris Moyes - Circulum Vitae" (PDF). Kris Moyes. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "2006 Winners - ARIA Awards". Australasian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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