You're the One (Paul Simon album)

2000 studio album by Paul Simon

You're the One

Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith

Studio album by

Paul Simon

Released

October 3, 2000

Recorded

1999 - 2000

Studio

The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)

Genre

Pop, folk rock, worldbeat

Length

44:09
56:45 (2004 re-issue)

Label

Warner Bros.

Producer

Paul Simon

Paul Simon chronology

Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
(2000)

You're the One
(2000)

Surprise
(2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	link
Rolling Stone	link
Q	(Nov 2000 p.109)

You're the One is the tenth solo studio album by Paul Simon, released in 2000. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001, with Simon becoming the first artist to be nominated in that category in five consecutive decades (1960s-2000s). (In 2006, Paul McCartney became the only other artist to match this feat with Chaos and Creation in the Backyard).

You're the One was also considered a comeback after the failure of Simon's Broadway musical, The Capeman, and concept album for the musical, Songs from The Capeman, which peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200.

The album was remastered and re-released in 2004, accompanied with three bonus live tracks.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Paul Simon.

Side one

"That's Where I Belong" – 3:12
"Darling Lorraine" – 6:39
"Old" – 2:19
"You're the One" – 4:27
"The Teacher" – 3:36

Side two

"Look at That" – 3:54
"Señorita with a Necklace of Tears" – 3:41
"Love" – 3:50
"Pigs, Sheep and Wolves" – 3:58
"Hurricane Eye" – 4:12
"Quiet" – 4:17

Bonus tracks from the 2004 reissue of the album

"That's Where I Belong" (Live) – 3:42
"Old" (Live) – 2:40
"Hurricane Eye" (Live) – 6:00

Personnel

Paul Simon – vocals, electric guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (7, 8, 10), sitar (8)
Alain Mallet – Wurlitzer electric piano (1), reed organ (4, 7, 11)
Clifford Carter – celesta (2, 6, 10), keyboard glockenspiel (10)
Vincent Nguini – electric guitar (1-4, 6, 8, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (10)
Mark Stewart – electric guitar (2), cello (2), dobro (7, 9), sitar (7), pedal steel gong (9), banjo (10), trumpet (11)
Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar (5, 6)
Jay Elfenbein – vihuela (1, 2, 11), vielle (1)
Bakithi Kumalo – bass (1-4, 7, 8, 9)
Peter Herbert – electric upright bass (4, 11)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (5, 6, 10)
Steve Gadd – drums (1-7, 9, 10)
Jamey Haddad – percussion (1-10)
Steve Shehan – percussion (1-10)
Dan Duggan – hammered dulcimer (10)
Steve Gorn – bamboo flute (1, 5, 6, 8)
Evan Ziporyn – clarinet (1, 5), tenor saxophone (2, 4), soprano saxophone (3)
Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone (2, 4), soprano saxophone (3)
Howard Levy – harmonica (5)
Skip LaPlante – harp (7, 11), steel bowls (11), whirly tube (11)
Stanley Silverman – French horn arrangements (2, 5)

Production

Paul Simon – producer, arrangements
Andy Smith – recording, mixing
Claudius Mittendorfer – second engineer
Rob Murphy – second engineer
Steve Schweidel – second engineer
Jim Corona – music technician, logistics technician
Nika Aldrich – technical support
Flip Scipio – technical support
Brent Spear – technical support
Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
Vaughn Hazell – personal assistant
Greg Foley – design
Lynn Goldsmith – art direction, photography
Jeffrey Kramer – management
Eddie Simon – management

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart performance for *You're the One*
Chart (2000)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[1]	30
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[2]	27
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[3]	8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[4]	41
French Albums (SNEP)^[5]	73
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	17
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[7]	27
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[8]	30
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9]	9
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[10]	9
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[11]	25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[12]	24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[13]	40
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	20
US Billboard 200^[15]	19

Certifications

Certifications for *You're the One*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[16]	Gold	7,500^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[17]	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[18]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
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^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
^ "Paul Simon Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "British album certifications – Paul Simon – You're the One". British Phonographic Industry.
^ "American album certifications – Paul Simon – re the One". Recording Industry Association of America.