"You" is a 1995 single by British

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studio project Staxx, assembled by

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Simon Thorne and Tom Jones, and featuring British singer

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. This was their second number one on the US ''

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chart (after 1994's "

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"), reaching the top spot on July 1, 1995. The single peaked at number 50 on the

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Critical reception

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from ''

'' wrote that the dance act "that brought "

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, while also anchoring the track's frothy mélange of sugary synths and loops." Andy Beevers from ''

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s ''RM'' Dance Update said, "This belated follow-up to 'Joy' is another big and confident song backed by an impressive array of remixes that provides justification for the doublepack." He added, "The top of the Club Chart beckons." Another editor,

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described it as a "Carol Leeming hollered happy

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galloper". Debby Peterson from ''The Network Forty'' deemed it a "great dance record".

Track listing

* CD-single (US) #"You" (Man City Radio Edit) — 4:05 #"You" (Overworld Radio Edit) — 4:04 #"You" (Man City Vocal) — 6:43 #"You" (Overworld Vocal) — 6:25 #"You" (Staxx Original Mix) — 6:25 #"You" (Sound Factory Mix) — 8:00 #"You" (Sound Factory Edit) — 3:47

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References

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