Only U

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"Only U"
Onlyu.jpg
Single by Ashanti
from the album Concrete Rose
B-side "Turn It Up"
ReleasedOctober 18, 2004 (2004-10-18)
Studio
  • C.H. (New York City)
  • Armoury (Vancouver)
Genre
Length3:06
Label The Inc.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ashanti singles chronology
"Wonderful"
(2004)		"Only U"
(2004)		"Don't Let Them"
(2005)
Audio sample
"Only U"

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [70] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [71] Gold500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesOctober 18, 2004 Urban radio The Inc. [5]
October 26, 2004 Digital download [6]
JapanDecember 1, 2004CD [72]
United StatesJanuary 11, 2005 Contemporary hit radio [8]
AustraliaJanuary 17, 2005CD [73]
United KingdomJanuary 24, 2005
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [74]

"Split (Only U)"

"Split (Only U)"
Tiesto & The Chainsmokers - Split (Only U).jpg
Single by Tiësto and the Chainsmokers
from the album Collide (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedAugust 31, 2015
Recorded2014/15
Length5:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tiësto singles chronology
"The Only Way Is Up"
(2015)		"Split (Only U)"
(2015)		"Chemicals"
(2015)
The Chainsmokers singles chronology
"Waterbed"
(2015)		"Split (Only U)"
(2015)		"Until You Were Gone"
(2015)

"Split (Only U)" is a song by Dutch disc jockey and producer Tiësto and American disc jockeys and producers the Chainsmokers. It was released on August 31, 2015, in the Netherlands. The song is included in the soundtrack of the 2016 action movie, Collide .

Background

In the track, Tiësto and the Chainsmokers used a sample of "Only U". The track was premiered during Tiësto's set at Ultra Europe 2015 in Split, Croatia. [75] The title of the track comes from the name of the city.

Reviews

Fabien Dori from French webmedia Guettapen praises the track that he considered as "excellent", despite the fact that he notices a second part of the track with a "too offensive" sound of the synthetisers." [75]

Music video

The music video premiered on Spinnin' Records' official YouTube Channel on September 3, 2015. The music video was directed by Joe Zohar and produced by Moving Box Studios. [76] The music video starts with the Chainsmokers waking up after a party in their hotel room of Las Vegas. They receive a scoffer Snapchat message from Tiësto and decide to get revenge. They decide to kidnap him while he is producing music in his room. With a bag on his head, they bring him out of Las Vegas to kill him in the desert after that the prisoner digs his own tomb. Later, for the night, the duo guest two girls in their room to spend the night together. But, they die after a retaliation of the new walking dead. [77]

Track listings

Digital download(MF132)

  1. "Split (Only U)" – 5:06

2017 translucent blue 7-inch vinyl

  1. "Split (Only You)" (extended mix) – 5:06
  2. "Split (Only You)" (radio edit) – 4:18

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia) [78] 24
France (SNEP) [79] 184

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