The One I Gave My Heart To

"The One I Gave My Heart To"
Single by Aaliyah
from the album One in a Million
A-side	"Hot Like Fire" "One in a Million"
B-side	"Death of a Playa"
Released	August 25, 1997 (1997-08-25)
Recorded	1996 1997[a]
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	4:30 (album version) 4:24 (video version) 3:53 (radio edit)
Label	Blackground Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Diane Warren
Producer(s)	Daryl Simmons Guy Roche[b]
Aaliyah singles chronology
"Up Jumps da Boogie" (1997) "The One I Gave My Heart To" (1997) "Hot Like Fire" (1997)

"The One I Gave My Heart To" is a song recorded by American singer Aaliyah for her second studio album One in a Million (1996). The song was written by Diane Warren and was produced by Daryl Simmons.^[b] Musically, it is a pop and R&B power ballad with Aaliyah utilizing her soprano tone.^[1] Lyrically, the song is about the protagonist asking how the person that she loved could break her heart. The song was released as the fifth and final single from One in a Million with "Hot Like Fire" on September 16, 1997, by Blackground Records and Atlantic Records.

Upon its release, "The One I Gave My Heart To" was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aaliyah's vocal delivery and tone on the record. Commercially, "The One I Gave My Heart To" performed well, peaking at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It has also been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 900,000 copies in the United States.^[2]

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