"One Love" is a song by English

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. Co-written by the band and

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, who also produced the track, it was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2002 as the

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from their second studio album, ''

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'' (2002). It reached number three on the

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and entered the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand. "One Love" has received a silver certification from the

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(BPI), representing shipments at least 200,000 copies in the UK. The song's music video was directed by Cameron Casey.

Chart performance

The song was a hit in the UK, peaking at number three. The song also made the top 5 in

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(number four) and

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(number five). It reached number 36 in

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, number seven in Denmark, number 24 in Belgium and number nine in Italy.

Track listings

UK and Japanese CD single # "One Love" – 3:25 # "Get Ready" – 3:23 # "One Love" (Octave remix) – 3:38 # "One Love" (video) – 3:25 UK cassette single and European CD single # "One Love" – 3:25 # "Get Ready" – 3:23 Australian CD single # "One Love" # "Get Ready" # "One Love" (Octave remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes Studios * Recorded and mixed at StarGate Studios (Norway) * Vocals recorded at

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(London, England) * Additional vocals recorded at Sony Music Studios (London, England) Personnel *

– production ** Mikkel SE – writing, all instruments ** Hallgeir Rustan – writing, all instruments ** Tor Erik Hermansen – writing, all instruments * Neil Tucker – vocal engineering * Max Dodson – photography *

– all vocals **

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– writing **

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– writing **

Lee Ryan Lee Ryan (born 17 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the boy band Blue. Ryan took part in the BBC series ''Strictly Come Dancing''. He was partnered with professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova and was ...

– writing ** Simon Webbe – writing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:One Love (Blue Song) 2002 singles 2002 songs Blue (English band) songs Innocent Records singles Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers) Songs written by Antony Costa Songs written by Duncan James Songs written by Hallgeir Rustan Songs written by Lee Ryan Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Songs written by Simon Webbe Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen Virgin Records singles