One Love (Blue song)

"One Love"
Single by Blue
from the album One Love
B-side "Get Ready"
Released 21 October 2002
Format CD single, Compact Cassette
Recorded 2002
Genre R&B, pop
Length 3:25
Label Innocent, Virgin
Writer(s) Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Hallgeir Rustan, Lee Ryan, Simon Webbe, Duncan James, Antony Costa
Producer(s) Stargate
Certification Silver (BPI)
Blue singles chronology
"Fly By II"
(2002)		 "One Love"
(2002)		 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
(2002)

"One Love" is a song recorded by English boy band Blue. Co-written by the band, it was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2002 as the lead single from their second studio album, One Love (2002). The song contains a sample from Ja Rule's hit "Always on Time".

It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. The song has received a BPI silver certification representing shipments at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The music video was shot in Los Angeles, California in July 2002.

Music video

The music video was shot in Los Angeles, California in July 2002.

Chart performance

The song was a huge hit in the UK, peaking at number three.[1] The song also made the top 5 in Ireland (number 4)[2] and New Zealand (number 5).[3] It reached number 36 in Australia,[4] number 7 in Denmark,[5] number 24 in Belgium[6] and number nine in Italy.[7]

Track listing

UK CD Single
  1. "One Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:25
  2. "Get Ready" – 3:23
  3. "One Love" (Octave Remix) – 3:38
  4. "One Love" (Video) - 3:25
UK Cassette
  1. "One Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:25
  2. "Get Ready" – 3:23

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2002–03) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 36
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 53
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 24
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[9] 11
Denmark (Tracklisten)[5] 7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 13
France (SNEP)[11] 36
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 54
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[13] 33
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 4
Italy (FIMI)[7] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 39
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 5
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[15] 19
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[16] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 44
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Silver 200,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Other versions

The 2004 Bollywood film Rakht featured a version of this song partly in Hindi.

References

  1. 1 2 "Archive Chart: 2002-11-02" UK Singles Chart.
  2. 1 2 "Chart Track: Week 43, 2002". Irish Singles Chart.
  3. 1 2 "Charts.org.nz – Blue – One Love". Top 40 Singles.
  4. 1 2 "Australian-charts.com – Blue – One Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. 1 2 "Danishcharts.com – Blue – One Love". Tracklisten.
  6. 1 2 "Ultratop.be – Blue – One Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. 1 2 "Italiancharts.com – Blue – One Love". Top Digital Download.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Blue – One Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Blue – One Love" (in French). Ultratip.
  10. ↑ "Hits of the World - Eurochart Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 9 November 2002. p. 53. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Blue – One Love" (in French). Les classement single.
  12. ↑ "Musicline.de – Blue Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  13. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 2002" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
  15. ↑ Romanian peak at the Wayback Machine (archived February 17, 2005)
  16. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2002-11-02". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  17. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Blue – One Love". Singles Top 100.
  18. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Blue – One Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Blue – One Love". British Phonographic Industry. Enter One Love in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

External links

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