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| "The One I Love" | ||||
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| Single by R.E.M. | ||||
| from the album Document | ||||
| B-side | "Maps and Legends" (Live) | |||
| Released | August 24, 1987[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 1987 | |||
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| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
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| R.E.M. singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "The One I Love" on YouTube | ||||
"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" vinyl single in 1987. The song was their first hit single, reaching No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 14 in Canada, and later reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart in its 1991 re-release.
The accompanying video's director was artist Robert Longo. The director of photography was Alton Brown.[3]
In March 2005, Q magazine placed "The One I Love" at No. 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.[4]
The song is included on R.E.M. Live (2007). It was also included in Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero on Tour: Decades, both in 2008, as well as Harmonix's Rock Band 4 (2015).[5]
- ^ "R.E.M. Timeline - 1987/88 Concert Chronology". Remtimeline.com. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Sullivan, Denise. "The One I Love - R.E.M. | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Melancon, Merritt (May 12, 2010). "Brown talks TV, food, R.E.M." Online Athens. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ "Best Singles of the 1980s". Slant Magazine. August 20, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
- ^ "Rock Band 4 Core Soundtrack". Retrieved April 21, 2018.