We Are One Tonight

Single infobox
Name= We Are One Tonight


Background = Orange
Artist= Switchfoot
from Album= Nothing Is Sound
Released= 2006
Format= CD
Recorded =
Genre= Alternative rock
Length= 4:39
Label= Sony BMG
Producer = John Fields
Writer = Jon Foreman Tim Foreman
Reviews =
Last single = "Stars"
(2005)
This single = "We Are One Tonight"
(2006)
Next single = "Oh! Gravity."
(2006)"We Are One Tonight" is the fifth single released by Switchfoot, and their second from the album "Nothing Is Sound". This is the eleventh track (second last) on the album. Lead singer and song writer Jon Foreman has said that the song is "about unity".

"We Are One Tonight" has received significantly less radio play than Switchfoot's previous singles. This is partially due to the song's rejection by many hard rock stations that found the song to have too much of a pop feel. At the same time, the song only received minimal play on the Pop and Top 40 radio formats. It peaked at No. 39 on the Top 40 charts. [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/03-18.htm]

The song did very well on Christian formats however, and was #8 on the Christian Hit Radio year end chart [http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/06/Christian_CHR_songs.asp] , and #13 on the Christian Rock year end chart. [http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/06/Christian_Rock_songs.asp]

Music videos

The first music video for this song is a montage from their various live performances on their fall tour, and also includes many fans holding signs that read "We are one". The band stated that this video was "for the fans" not intending for this to become a mainstream video.

A second, official music video was also released near the end of March 2006. In the video, different people from different walks of life are all one and the same in movement and framing. Director Jon Watts shows off his seamless editing touch by making rapid fire cuts between people who are in practically identical positions on screen.

Chart positions Summary

Trivia

*The song has been featured on the NBC adverts for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics
*The song was used by the Chicago station WGN-TV in a montage chronicling the World Series run by the Chicago White Sox in 2005.
*The song was used in the commercials for American Idol season 5

External links

* [http://learning2breathe.com/nis.html#anchor_13997 Lyrics]
* [http://www.switchfoot.com/ Switchfoot]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTsAOIJh6M Music video]