The Only Hope for Me Is You

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"The Only Hope for Me Is You"
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Single by My Chemical Romance
from the album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
ReleasedAugust 26, 2011
Genre Rock [1]
Length4:32
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Rob Cavallo
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"Bulletproof Heart"
(2011)		"The Only Hope for Me Is You"
(2011)		"The Kids from Yesterday"
(2011)

"The Only Hope for Me Is You" is a song by My Chemical Romance from their fourth studio album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys . It was released as the fourth commercial single from the album on August 26, 2011. [2]

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Background

"The Only Hope for Me Is You" was originally created during the sessions for Conventional Weapons , but was not included on the album and was later re-recorded for Danger Days. [3]

Release

The song was first released as a promotional single on October 12, 2010. [4] The song was later released as a single on August 26, 2011. [2]

Critical reception

Chris Ryan of MTV calls the song "a soaring, mid-tempo track, covered in digital dust, with stabbing keyboards and a heart-wrenching chorus". [5]

Although not in the film, "The Only Hope for Me Is You" is included on the soundtrack to the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon . [6]

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [7] 84
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [8] 6

References

  1. ↑ Bryant 2014, p. 251.
  2. 1 2 "Key Releases" (PDF). Music Week . August 19, 2011. p. 24. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ Bryant 2014, p. 262.
  4. ↑ The Only Hope for Me Is You - Single di My Chemical Romance su Apple Music (in Italian), October 12, 2010, retrieved July 20, 2025
  5. ↑ "Song You Need To Know: My Chemical Romance, 'The Only Hope For Me Is You'". MTV. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ Eloise, Marianne (August 30, 2020). "Every My Chemical Romance song ranked from worst to best". The Forty-Five. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  7. ↑ "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  8. ↑ "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2025.

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