Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “Ankles/Hands/Feet/Fingers/Toes/Wrists.”
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Using this week’s prompt in the group name instead of the lyrics this week, and posting a song I know very little about other than I like it!
I first heard One Thing in late 2003 when my son and his friends were listening to music and I fell in love with the slow, easy rock ballad about taking chances and risking it all… or missing out.
I listened to other songs on the CD and didn’t connect with any the way I did with One Thing, but it has been with me from mp3 players to iPods to Pandora, Amazon Music and Spotify.
Sang by Canadian rock band Finger Eleven, One Thing was released in September 2003 as the second single from their self-titled album. The song hit number five on Modern Rock Tracks and stayed on the chart for twenty-six weeks, and number two on the Adult Top 40 chart.
FUN FACTS
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- Finger Eleven first formed at Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario as “Rainbow Butt Monkeys.”
- The group got signed by Coalition Entertainment in 1996, and changed their name to “Finger Eleven” in March, 1997. The name Finger Eleven came from a demo of their song “Thin Spirits”.
- One Thing enjoyed exposure on TV series such as Smallville, Scrubs, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Third Watch.
- The song was used on WWE’s June 25, 2007, edition of RAW during a tribute video featuring Chris Benoit, who had been found dead along with his wife and son at their home shortly before the show started (unbeknownst to WWE, Benoit had murdered his wife and son, then killed himself).
- 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.
Enjoy!
See my Song Lyric Sunday selection for Nesie’s Place!
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One Thing
by Finger Eleven
Cause I wasted the light
Between both these times
I drew a really thin line
And not that I can
But you should be mine
Across that line
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something?
Not walk on by
Maybe next time
But not this time
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something?
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something?
Felicia Denise, Author 
Beautiful song. I had never heard it before but really enjoyed it.
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Me too!
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Thanks for stopping by!
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This song is ringing a bell. I’ve heard it before. Thanks for posting it. Love it! I’m Canadian so any promotion of a Canadian Artist is more than great! Thanks Felicia!
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Unless you follow certain non-U.S. artists or bands, you don’t hear very much about them here. Wasn’t surprised to find out how popular Finger Eleven was in Canada. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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I did. I really did enjoy it. 🙂
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I think that they should combine their new name with their previous name and become the Finger Eleven Rainbow Butt Monkeys, which has a nice ring to it. Great song Felicia.
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LOL! 😀
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This was a new one for me. It was really good! 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed it, Christine! 🙂
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I love this song. Makes me ponder my one thing ❤
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So glad you enjoyed! 🙂
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Hey, I remember this is Smallville! Well, I had to research what episode it was in but once I saw the clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81tkQD43S1s), I was like “I remember this”. Nice song! Smallville featured amazing songs!
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I don’t remember that episode! Welp, guess it’s time to re-watch the entire series! 😀 😀
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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I feel like I need to too.
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