I'm Not the One

"I'm Not the One"
Single by the Cars
from the album Shake It Up
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1986
Recorded1981
Genre
Length4:12 (album version)
4:07 (remix version)
LabelElektra 69569
Songwriter(s)Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)Roy Thomas Baker
The Cars singles chronology
"Tonight She Comes"
(1985)
"I'm Not the One"
(1986)
"You Are the Girl"
(1987)
Shake It Up track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Since You're Gone"
  2. "Shake It Up"
  3. "I'm Not the One"
  4. "Victim of Love"
  5. "Cruiser"
Side two
  1. "A Dream Away"
  2. "This Could Be Love"
  3. "Think It Over"
  4. "Maybe Baby"

"I'm Not the One" is a song by the American rock band the Cars, from their fourth album, Shake It Up. It features Ric Ocasek on lead vocals, Benjamin Orr singing the 'you know why' phrase, and the whole group repeating "going round and round" as backing vocals throughout the song.[1]

  1. ^ a b Guarisco, Donald A. "The Cars: I'm Not the One: Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Cars – I'm Not The One". Discogs. Retrieved November 2, 2020.