Are You the One? (The Presets song)
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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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"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]
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]
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]
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
The music video, which was directed by Moyes,[8] was nominated for Best Video at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.[9]
Track listing
All 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 |
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| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Are You the One?" (Club Edit) | |
| 2. | "Are You the One?" (Original Edit) | |
| 3. | "Are You the One?" (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) | |
| 4. | "Are You the One?" (Van She Tech NYC Rush Mix) |
Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA) | 68 |