"I'm the One" is a song by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released as the first

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from their 1996 album '' Everything Sucks''. The single also includes "Everything Sux" from the album and the

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tracks "Lucky" and "Shattered Milo" from the album sessions. The music video for "I'm the One" was directed by Dave Robinson. It depicts the band members visiting a

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in order to make a

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, and skateboarding down a street while wearing white costumes resembling

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, interspersed with black-and-white footage of the band performing the song in concert. Singer Milo Aukerman later remarked that the concept was Robinson's: "He kinda took the idea of 'I'm the One' to mean 'I'm gonna be your sperm, baby.' When he told me the idea I thought, 'Oh no, shades of

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!', but when I got on that skateboard in that sperm costume, I don't know, things just started to work for me. Don't forget, we spend a lot of our time being incredibly stupid and silly."

Track listing

Personnel

;Band * Milo Aukerman –

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Karl Alvarez Karl Matthew Alvarez (born March 10, 1964) is an American bassist and songwriter for both the Descendents and All (band), All, the band that resulted after the Descendents disbanded again in 1987. Alvarez joined the Descendents after the ''Enjoy! ...

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* Bill Stevenson –

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, producer, engineer ;Additional musicians *

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– backing vocals ;Production *Jason Livermore – additional engineering *Andy Wallace – mix engineer *Steve Sisco – assistant mix engineer *Howie Weinberg – mastering *Grey Stool – cover illustration

References

{{authority control 1997 singles Descendents songs 1996 songs Epitaph Records singles