"Be the One" is a song by American

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musician

Moby Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the ...

. It was released as a single and EP on February 15, 2011 in conjunction with the announcement of his tenth

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Destroyed Destroyed may refer to: * ''Destroyed'' (Sloppy Seconds album), a 1989 album by Sloppy Seconds * ''Destroyed'' (Moby album), a 2011 album by Moby See also * Destruction (disambiguation) Destruction may refer to: Concepts * Destruktion, a ...

''.

Release

The ''Be the One'' EP was made available for free as a digital download on Moby's website and contains three tracks from ''Destroyed''.

Reception

"Be the One" was rated "Track of the Day" by '' Q'' on March 7, 2011.

Music videos

All three songs on the EP have a music video self-shot by Moby. "Be the One" was shot by Moby while flying from New York to Los Angeles and edited by Jo Haggis. The video features an extreme close-up of Moby singing directly into the camera while he is walking around in different locales, and reportedly represents the drudgery of touring. "Sevastopol" was shot by Moby while flying to Brazil to DJ with

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. The video documents the trip with a first-person perspective, including shots of Moby riding in a taxi, flying in a plane, and performing at a show. "Victoria Lucas" was shot by Moby at night in Los Angeles. The video features black and white shots of the city that move to the music with a kaleidescope-effect.

Track listing

* Digital EP #"Be the One" – 3:29 #"Sevastopol" – 4:21 #"Victoria Lucas" – 5:54

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control Moby songs 2011 songs Songs written by Moby Mute Records singles