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'{{short description|1987 single by R.E.M.}} {{refimprove|date=July 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox song | name = The One I Love | cover = R.E.M. - The One I Love.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[R.E.M.]] | album = [[Document (album)|Document]] | B-side = "Maps and Legends" (Live) | released = August 1987 | format = {{hlist|[[Gramophone record|7"]]|[[12-inch single|12"]]|[[Compact Cassette|cassette]]|[[Compact disc|CD]]}} | recorded = 1987 | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Alternative rock]]<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-one-i-love-mt0012062710|title=The One I Love - R.E.M. {{!}} Song Info|last=Sullivan|first=Denise|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schlansky|first=Evan|date=October 8, 2019|url=https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-r-e-m-losing-my-religion/evan-schlansky/|title=What is the Meaning of R.E.M., “Losing My Religion”|magazine=[[American Songwriter]]|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref> | length = 3:17 | label = [[I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.]] | writer = {{hlist|[[Bill Berry]]|[[Peter Buck]]|[[Mike Mills]]|[[Michael Stipe]]}} | producer = {{hlist|[[Scott Litt]]|R.E.M.}} | prev_title = [[Superman (The Clique song)|Superman]] | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = [[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]] | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|j7oQEPfe-O8|"The One I Love"}}}} {{Audio sample | type = single | file = The One I Love.ogg }} }} "'''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 (album)|Document]]'', and also as a 7" [[vinyl record|vinyl]] [[music single|single]] in 1987. The song was their first hit single, reaching No. 9 in the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], No. 14 in Canada, and later reached No. 16 in the [[UK singles chart]] on its UK re-release (1991). The song was included in [[Activision]]'s ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]'' and is in ''[[Guitar Hero: On Tour series|Guitar Hero on Tour: Decades]]'', as well as [[Harmonix]]'s ''[[Rock Band 4]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockband4.com|title=Rock Band 4 Core Soundtrack|accessdate=21 April 2018}}</ref> The accompanying video's [[music video director|director]] was artist [[Robert Longo]]. The [[director of photography]] was [[Alton Brown]], who later became a [[Food Network]] personality.<ref>{{cite web |last=Melancon |first=Merritt |url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/051210/liv_637614879.shtml |title=Brown talks TV, food, R.E.M. |publisher=Online Athens |date=May 12, 2010 |accessdate=2012-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815065337/http://onlineathens.com/stories/051210/liv_637614879.shtml |archive-date=August 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In March 2005, [[Q magazine|''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/best-singles-of-the-1980s/P7|title=Best Singles of the 1980s|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=2012-08-20|accessdate=2013-05-12}}</ref> The song is included on ''[[R.E.M. Live]]''. ==Lyrics and meaning== 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."<ref>Pond, Steve. "In the Real World: R.E.M.". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. December 3, 1987.</ref> However, in an interview in the January 1988 issue of ''[[Musician (magazine)|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".<ref name="AM"/> 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== All songs written by [[Bill Berry]], [[Peter Buck]], [[Mike Mills]] and [[Michael Stipe]] unless otherwise indicated. # "The One I Love" – 3:16 # "Maps and Legends" (Live)¹ – 3:15 === 12": IRS / IRS-23792 (US) === ;Side one # "The One I Love" – 3:16 ;Side two # "The One I Love" (Live)¹ – 4:06 # "Maps and Legends" (Live)¹ – 3:15 === 12": IRS / IRMT 146 (UK) === ;Side one # "The One I Love" – 3:16 ;Side two # "Last Date" ([[Floyd Cramer]]) – 2:16 # "Disturbance at the Heron House"¹ – 3:26 === 1987 CD: IRS / DIRM 146 (UK) === # "The One I Love" – 3:16 # "Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) – 2:16 # "Disturbance at the Heron House"¹ – 3:26 === 1988 CD: IRS / DIRM 173 (UK) === # "The One I Love" – 3:16 # "Fall on Me" – 2:50 # "So. Central Rain" – 3:14 === 1991 Limited Edition CD: IRS / DIRMT 178 (UK) === # "The One I Love" – 3:16 # "This One Goes Out" (Live) – 4:01 # "Maps and Legends" (Live) – 3:13 === 1991 Limited Edition CD: IRS / DIRMX 178 (UK) === # "The One I Love" – 3:15 # "Driver Eight" (Live) – 3:27 # "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live) – 3:40 # "Crazy" – 3:02 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. ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" !align="center"|Chart (1987–88) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- |Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|authorlink=David Kent (historian)| title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | year=1993 | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=St Ives, NSW, Australia | isbn=0-646-11917-6| pages=244}} N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] until the commencement of the in-house produced [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Chart]] on June 26, 1988.</ref> |align="center"|84 |- |[[Canadian Hot 100]] |align="center"| 11 |- |[[Single Top 100|Dutch Singles Chart]] |align="center"|69 |- |South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965 – March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref> |align="center"|17 |- |[[UK Singles Chart]] |align="center"| 51 |- |U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] |align="center"| 9 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] |align="center"| 2 |- |} {| class="wikitable sortable" !align="center"|Chart (1991) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- {{Single chart|Germany2|81|artist=R.E.M.|song=The One I Love|songid=26957}} |- |[[Irish Singles Chart]] |align="center"|5 |- |[[UK Singles Chart]] |align="center"| 16 |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://remhq.com/hqtv/videos/music-videos/the-one-i-love Video clip at REMhq.com] *{{MetroLyrics song|rem|the-one-i-love}} *[https://soundcloud.com/user-699010668/rem-timeline-podcast-bertis-down-interview-may-2020 2020 interview] with [[Bertis Downs]] on the song {{R.E.M.}} {{DEFAULTSORT:One I Love, The}} [[Category:R.E.M. songs]] [[Category:1987 singles]] [[Category:1980s ballads]] [[Category:Songs written by Bill Berry]] [[Category:Songs written by Peter Buck]] [[Category:Songs written by Mike Mills]] [[Category:Songs written by Michael Stipe]] [[Category:I.R.S. Records singles]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Scott Litt]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Mills]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Stipe]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Peter Buck]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Bill Berry]] [[Category:Rock ballads]] [[Category:1987 songs]]'