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{{Short description|2006 single by Augie March}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = One Crowded Hour
| cover      = One Crowded Hour.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Augie March]]
| album      = [[Moo, You Bloody Choir]]
| released   = {{start date|2006|4|3|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060410-0000/ISSUE839..pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd April 2006|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|page=29|date=3 April 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060409140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060410-0000/ISSUE839..pdf|archive-date=9 April 2006|access-date=16 November 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length     = 4:16
| label      = {{hlist|[[Sony BMG Music Entertainment|Sony BMG Australia]]|[[Jive Records|Jive]]}}
| writer     = Glenn Richards
| producer   = [[Eric Drew Feldman]]
| prev_title = [[Little Wonder (Augie March song)|Little Wonder]]
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [[The Cold Acre]]
| next_year  = 2006
}}
"'''One Crowded Hour'''" is a song by Australian [[indie rock]] band [[Augie March]] written by Glenn Richards. The song was released in April 2006 as the first single released from their third studio album, ''[[Moo, You Bloody Choir]]''.

The song had been played by both the band and acoustically by frontman, Glenn Richards, for upwards of two years before the album was finally released.

==Details==
The song’s title comes from a poem by [[Thomas Osbert Mordaunt]]. 

During the band's appearance on the live music TV show ''Cold: Live At The Chapel'', Richards revealed the song was written while he was housesitting for [[Deborah Conway]], and was inspired by, and named after, a book she owned about an Australian wartime photographer [[Neil Davis (cameraman)|Neil Davis]]. Richards has said, "Deborah has a wonderful collection of records and books. She was on holidays, so I was looking after the house and taking advantage of all that. I was also listening to a lot of early [[Bob Dylan]], which would explain the chord progression."<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeff Jenkins|title=50 Years of Rock in Australia|year=2007|page=292|publisher=Wilkinson Publishing|location=Melbourne|isbn=9781921332111}}</ref>

The song was picked up and played by radio station [[Triple J]] then later by [[Nova (radio network)|Nova]], giving the song more radio exposure. During its original chart run in 2006, the song reached number 33 on the [[ARIA Singles Chart]].<ref name="aus"/> In January 2007, the song was ranked {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2006|Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/2006.htm|title=Triple J Hottest 100 2006|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Company]]|access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> Following its win, the track re-entered the ARIA chart at number 29, its peak, the next month.<ref name="aus"/>

In 2013, Australian singer [[Taylor Henderson (singer)|Taylor Henderson]] recorded a version for his album [[Taylor Henderson (album)|''Taylor Henderson'']].<ref>{{cite web|author=Melissa Redman|work=Renowned for Sound|title=Album Review: Taylor Henderson – Taylor Henderson |url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/album-review-taylor-henderson-taylor-henderson/ |access-date=4 December 2013|date=27 November 2013}}</ref>

==Reception==
In June 2007, the song won Song of the Year at the [[Australian Performing Rights Association]] Awards. The song was voted at No. 59 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009|Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_list.htm|title=Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company|access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> It was also voted No. 24 on the Triple J Hottest 100 20 Years countdown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/countdown/|title=Triple J's Hottest 100 20 Years – The Countdown|date=18 April 2013 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company|access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]'' noted the, "Twisting, romantic wordplay that is at turns both clever and earnest—it was upon penning this chorus Augie March would create a timeless pop song. The kind that hangs around like ether in our collective consciousness; somehow we know the words without trying—as if they were planted in a dream."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Rolling Stone Australia | title=200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time|author=James Di Fabrizio| url=https://au.rollingstone.com/rolling-stones-200-greatest-australian-albums-of-all-time/page/6/augie-march-moo-you-bloody-choir/}}</ref>

==Music video==
The video clip for "One Crowded Hour" is set in a gloomy forest where Richards and the band perform. Plastic animals like deer and bears are seen passing by the band. The clip's atmosphere is very dreary and mysterious, represented by the band's clothes, instruments and the sky in grey.

==Awards and nominations==
===APRA Awards===
The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are presented annually by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA).
{{awards table}}
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| [[APRA Awards of 2007|2007]] || "One Crowded Hour" – [[Glenn Richards]]<ref name="SongWin">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/APRASongoftheYear/PreviousWinners.aspx | title = Previous Winners Song of the Year | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | access-date = 2 May 2010 }}</ref> || Song of the Year || {{won}}
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==Track listing==
'''Australian maxi-CD'''<ref name="aus"/>
# "One Crowded Hour" (single mix) – 4:16
# "There Is No Such Place" (acoustic version) – 3:06
# "Passed Out in Clarkefield" – 4:34
# "Asleep in Perfection" (acoustic version) – 4:26
# "Clockwork" (acoustic version) – 4:05

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2007)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|29|artist=Augie March|song=One Crowded Hour|rowheader=true|access-date=11 December 2020|refname="aus"}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Augie March}}
{{APRA Award for Song of the Year}}
{{Triple J Hottest 100 winners}}
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[[Category:2006 singles]]
[[Category:2006 songs]]
[[Category:APRA Award winners]]
[[Category:Augie March songs]]