You're All I Have

"You're All I Have"
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Eyes Open
Released	24 April 2006 (UK)
Format	E-CD; CD; 7"
Recorded	2005
Genre	Alternative rock, power pop
Length	4:33 (Album Version) 3:50 (Radio Edit)
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Connolly, Lightbody, Quinn, Simpson, Wilson
Producer	Jacknife Lee
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"How to Be Dead" (2004) "You're All I Have" (2006) "Chasing Cars" (2006)
Music sample "You're All I Have"

"You're All I Have" is the first single from Snow Patrol's fourth album, Eyes Open. It was released 24 April 2006. It was used by RTÉ sport to promote the return of The Sunday Game for the 2006 GAA championships. It became the band's second big hit after the success of "Run" in 2004, peaking at #7 on the UK singles chart (see 2006 in British music).

According to Gary Lightbody: "It’s near the beginning of a dangerously reliant relationship. The album is full of songs like this. Rather than a break up record this is a make up record. That is a massive generalization but it is a more positive record than the last". He has said that "the song is about a damaging but fulfilling relationship, something that terrifies you, but you can't quite bring yourself to look away".

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed in a working power station in Kent. It featured the band play the song on a platform 120 feet in the air. When the single was released in the United States, another video directed by David S. Goyer was shot. The band flew to Los Angeles for the shoot, from Las Vegas where they had been staying for a while. Connolly later said that the band was not a fan of shooting videos. He felt the band could not act, even if they tried and was personally relieved that he was not needed to act in the video.

Track listing

• Maxi CD single

1. "You're All I Have" – 4:32
2. "The Only Noise" – 2:53
3. "Perfect Little Secret" – 4:41
4. "You're All I Have" (Video)

• CD single

1. "You're All I Have" (Live from Koko) – 4:51
2. "Run" (Live from Koko) – 5:48

• 7"

1. "You're All I Have" – 4:32
2. "You're All I Have" (Minotaur Shock Remix) – 6.14

• Promo CD single (UK & Mexico)

1. "You're All I Have" (Radio Edit) – 3:50
2. "You're All I Have" (Radio Edit Version 2) – 3:49

Reception

Yahoo! Music's Ben Gilbert welcomed the single warmly, giving it 7 stars out of 10. He said that the song was Snow Patrol's return to the UK rock scene "with the sort of form that would see an ex-con arrested on sight." Though he criticized the song for being "too much of a mediocre stretch bearing in mind our location in the year 2006 and the current existence of Spank Rock", he defended the song saying "there is a keening momentum and inevitably busted emotional power to Gary Lightbody and co's comeback that suggest all of their dreams are about to come true."

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
The Rock FM	New Zealand	The Rock 1000	2008	984

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Singles Top 75	7
Ireland Singles Top 50	12
Dutch Singles Chart	88
New Zealand Top 40	25
Germany Singles Top 100	100
Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Modern Rock Tracks	27

External links

• Music video for "You're All I Have" on YouTube