| Cover | Static-X - The Only.jpg |
|---|---|
| Artist | Static-X |
| Album | Shadow Zone |
| Released | September 2, 2003[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:51 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Writer |
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| Producer | Josh Abraham |
| Prev year | 2002 |
| Next year | 2004 |
"The Only" is the lead single from the American industrial metal band Static-X's third album, Shadow Zone.
The song is featured in Need for Speed: Underground, and on the PC version of the game True Crime: Streets of LA, and in the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards as a background music for an announcer's speech. In Need for Speed Underground, the words "my heaven, your hell" have been replaced by "My heaven, you're losing".
The video was directed by P. R. Brown and features the band facing the walls of a small room with the camera orbiting around them. The walls are lifted by the end of the video revealing a crowd of fans around the room's floor.
It is considered by Emily Barker of NME to be the band's signature song.[2]
Reception
The song was declared to be the number one music video from the band by Billboard magazine in 2014.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] | 22 |
References
- ^ "Static-X - The Only". AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ^ Barker, Emily (2013-09-19). "28 Nu-Metal Era Bands You Probably Forgot All About". NME. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ "Wayne Static's 5 Best Music Videos | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07.
- ^ "Static-X > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation