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"The Only" is the lead single from the American
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band
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's third album, ''
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''. 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
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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 In ''Need for Speed Underground'', the words "my heaven, your hell" have been replaced by "My heaven, you're losing".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.


Reception

The song was declared to be the number one music video from the band by ''
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'' magazine in 2014.


Chart performance


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Only, The 2003 singles Static-X songs Warner Records singles 2003 songs Songs written by Tony Campos Songs written by Ken Jay Songs written by Wayne Static Songs written by Tripp Eisen Song recordings produced by Josh Abraham Music videos directed by P. R. Brown