1. One Love Song
2. One Love Song Of The Lion
3. One Love Song For Change

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'The One I Love' is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released on the band's fifth full-length studio album, Document, and also as a 7' vinylsingle in 1987. The song was their first hit single, reaching No. 9 in the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 14 in Canada, and later reached No. 16 in the UK singles chart on its UK release (1991). The song was included in Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour and is in Guitar Hero on Tour: Decades, as well as Harmonix's Rock Band 4.^[2]

The accompanying video's director was artist Robert Longo. The director of photography was Alton Brown, who later became a Food Network personality.

In March 2005, Q magazine placed 'The One I Love' at number 57 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the song as the 38th best single of the 1980s.^[3]

The song is included on R.E.M. Live. Vijeo designer update.

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Lyrics and meaning[edit]

The record has become a popular radio dedication to loved ones, relying on a misinterpretation of its refrain, 'This one goes out to the one I love.' However, subsequent lyrics in the same verse contradict the love song interpretation and suggest a darker, more manipulative theme ('A simple prop to occupy my time').

Stipe related in 1987 to Rolling Stone, 'I've always left myself pretty open to interpretation. It's probably better that they just think it's a love song at this point.'^[4] However, in an interview in the January 1988 issue of Musician magazine, he said that the song was 'incredibly violent' and added, 'It's very clear that it's about using people over and over again'.^[5]

The song contains only three verses, the first two of which are identical; the third verse changes the line 'A simple prop to occupy my time' to 'Another prop has occupied my time.' The chorus consists of just the word 'fire', repeated over the backing vocal of 'She's coming down on her own now / Coming down on her own' (sung by Mike Mills).

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:16
2. 'Maps and Legends' (Live)¹ – 3:15

12': IRS / IRS-23792 (US)[edit]

Side one

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:16

Side two

1. 'The One I Love' (Live)¹ – 4:06
2. 'Maps and Legends' (Live)¹ – 3:15

12': IRS / IRMT 146 (UK)[edit]

Side one

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:16

Side two

1. 'Last Date' (Floyd Cramer) – 2:16
2. 'Disturbance at the Heron House'¹ – 3:26

1987 CD: IRS / DIRM 146 (UK)[edit]

One Love Song

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:16
2. 'Last Date' (Floyd Cramer) – 2:16
3. 'Disturbance at the Heron House'¹ – 3:26

1988 CD: IRS / DIRM 173 (UK)[edit]

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:16
2. 'Fall on Me' – 2:50
3. 'So. Central Rain' – 3:14

1991 Limited Edition CD: IRS / DIRMT 178 (UK)[edit]

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:16
2. 'This One Goes Out' (Live) – 4:01
3. 'Maps and Legends' (Live) – 3:13

1991 Limited Edition CD: IRS / DIRMX 178 (UK)[edit]

1. 'The One I Love' – 3:15
2. 'Driver Eight' (Live) – 3:27
3. 'Disturbance at the Heron House' (Live) – 3:40
4. 'Crazy' – 3:02

One Love Song Of The Lion

¹ Recorded at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California, May 24, 1987.

Certain releases list the live recording of 'The One I Love' as 'This One Goes Out' instead.

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Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^http://remhq.com/albums.php
2. ^'Rock Band 4 Core Soundtrack'. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
3. ^'Best Singles of the 1980s'. Slant Magazine. August 20, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
4. ^Pond, Steve. 'In the Real World: R.E.M.'. Rolling Stone. December 3, 1987.
5. ^Dennis Sullivan, song review on allmusic.com
6. ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 244. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA until the commencement of the in-house produced ARIA Chart on 26 June 1988.
7. ^'SA Charts 1965 – March 1989'. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
8. ^'Offiziellecharts.de – R.E.M. – The One I Love'. GfK Entertainment Charts.

External links[edit]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

'One Love/People Get Ready' is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus. It was first recorded in a ska style by Marley's original group, The Wailers in 1965 and was released as a single. This version was later included on their first singles compilation The Wailing Wailers in 1966. It was rerecorded as part of the 1970 medley All In One, which contained reggae reworkings of their early ska songs. This was released as a single and is also included on the compilation African Herbsman under the name 'All in One'. The version on Exodus was not released as a single until 9 April 1984, promoting the forthcoming greatest hits album Legend. However, the single became one of his biggest hits and has been included on many of Marley and the Wailers subsequent compilation albums.

The song contains an interpretation of The Impressions' song 'People Get Ready' written by Curtis Mayfield. The original recording of the song does not credit Mayfield's song and is simply titled 'One Love' - this is because copyright law was not enforced for Jamaican recordings at this time. When the famous version was recorded for Island in 1977 it was titled 'One Love/People Get Ready' and credited Mayfield (as Island wanted to avoid copyright problems) and it gives co-authorship credits to both Marley and Mayfield. The original song was published in the key of B♭ major, but it has since been transposed so it is in the key of C major.

Music video[edit]

One Love Song For Change

A posthumous music video was directed by Don Letts in 1984 to accompany the Bob Marley & The Wailers compilation album, Legend. It stars young British boy, Jesse Lawrence, in his home on the World's End Estate,^[1] and on the King's Road dancing at the head of a large crowd of punks, locals and tourists as well as archival footage of Marley (from the 'Is This Love' music video). It also features several cameo appearances including Paul McCartney, two members of Bananarama, Neville Staple of The Specials, members of the reggae groups Aswad and Musical Youth, Suggs and Chas Smash of Madness; some of the short clips in this video are also in Madness' video for their song 'The Return of the Los Palmas 7'. The song was also released alongside the video and gave Marley a posthumous UK hit when it reached number 5 in May 1984.^[2]

A second video for 'One Love' was produced by Marley's estate in 2014, with fans submitting video ideas through Tongal and then ultimately compiling a video of diverse contributors lip-syncing and dancing to the song.^[3]

In popular culture[edit]

• The song has been featured in Jamaica Tourist Board television advertisements since 1994.^[4] In 2007, Stephen Marley and Richard Branson re-recorded the song in Jamaica to promote Branson's Virgin Airways flights to Jamaica.^[5]
• One Love is also the title of a romantic reggae film from 2003, starring Ky-Mani Marley, one of Marley's sons.
• The song appears on the film Marley & Me. When the song is heard on the radio, it inspires the character to name the dog Marley.
• The chorus was also sampled in the promotional song for the not-for-profit educational organization Birthright Israel, 'Home' by rapper SHI 360.
• The song was recorded by Antonio Banderas for the 2010 animated film, Shrek Forever After.
• 'One Love' was chosen as the best music of Jamaica over the last 50 years.
• 'One Love/People Get Ready' was named song of the millennium by The World Health Organization.
• 'One Love/People Get Ready' was sung on Glee by Mark Salling (Noah Puckerman) and Kevin McHale (Artie Abrams) in the episode 'Never Been Kissed'.

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Worldsenders'. Worlds-enders.blogspot.com. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
2. ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company'. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
3. ^Brown, Harley (December 4, 2014). 'Ben & Jerry's and Tuff Gong Release First Video for 'One Love' and a Bob Marley-Inspired Ice Cream'. Billboard. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
4. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-05-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ArticleArchived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^'Ultratop.be – Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Love / People Get Ready' (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
7. ^ 'Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 1984' (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 28 May 2018.
8. ^'Dutchcharts.nl – Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Love / People Get Ready' (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
9. ^'Charts.nz – Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Love / People Get Ready'. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
10. ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

External links[edit]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics