"One" is the first single by Swedish

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. A vocal version titled "One (Your Name)", featuring American musician

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, was released in July 2010. The song also appears on the group's mix album ''

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'', and the studio album '' Until Now''. The song debuted on

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with

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and was chosen as the hottest record in April 2010. "One" peaked at number two in Belgium (Flanders) and on the

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. It reached number one in the Netherlands, number seven in Ireland and in the United Kingdom on the

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. It also charted in Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria and Germany. A video directed by the Swedish director
Henrik Hanson
and Christian Larson supported the release. In 2019, Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad contributed to a symphonic version of "One", which Swedish House Mafia played on tour that year. The version was officially released on 1 January 2022, under the title "One Symphony".

Writing and production

"One" was written and produced by

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and

Sebastian Ingrosso Sebastian Carmine Ingrosso (; born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish DJ and record producer. He is also a member of the Swedish House Mafia, together with friends Axwell and Steve Angello. Career 1999–2007: Career Beginnings Sebastian Ingrosso ent ...

. The lyrics in "One (Your Name)" are written by

. According to Angello the vocals were recorded in

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over a year prior to release, and were initially intended for another song. He said, "We took that and tried it on One and it worked. Well, it worked after Axwell Melodyne'd the crap out of it! ..it's kind of old skool, chopping up one vocal and turning it into a whole dance track.". According to an interview in ''

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'' magazine (issue 229), the track was composed in

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using various plug-ins. Pharrell's vocals were heavily processed in

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and the final track was mixed and mastered at Metropolis Studios London on an SSL console. The music video features a

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Critical reception

Nick Levine of

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gave the song four out of five stars and wrote: "'One (Your Name)' is a booming

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club banger boasting an ear-snaggingly simple synth line, trancey whooshes aplenty and cred-boosting vocals from

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star Pharrell Williams ..it's neither original nor refined, but boy does it hit the spot."

Track listing

*Digital download #"One" – 5:50 *Promo CD single #"One" (Radio Edit) – 2:47 #"One" – 5:55 *UK CD single #"One (Your Name)" (Radio Edit) – 2:41 #"One" (Radio Edit) – 2:48 *UK digital download / CD maxi single #"One (Your Name)" (Radio Edit) – 2:43 #"One" (Radio Edit) – 2:49 #"One (Your Name)" (Vocal Mix) – 5:51 #"One" (Original Mix) – 5:51 #"One" (

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Remix) – 6:15 #"One (Your Name)" (

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Vocal Remix) – 4:11 #"One" (

Dub Remix) – 4:11 #"One" ( Netsky Remix) – 5:40 *Digital download #"One Symphony" – 4:23

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

"One"

"One (Your Name)"

"One Symphony"

References

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