"The Ones You Love" is a song performed by English singer-songwriter

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, written by Astley and Dave West. It was produced by Gary Stevenson and Astley, and recorded for Astley's third album, '' Body & Soul'' (1993). The song was released as the album's final single on 23 August 1993 by

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and peaked at number 48 on the

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. After its release, Astley retired from music, and "The Ones You Love" served as his final single until the release of "

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" in October 2001.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from ''

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'' gave the song three out of five, declaring it as "cheerful, uptempo and commercial, though far inferior to his last hit "

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" which is included here n the single"

Track listing

# "The Ones You Love" (single edit) – 4:20 # "

" (single edit) – 4:14 # "The Ones You Love" (instrumental) – 4:21

Personnel

– lead vocals * Dave West – keyboards, bass, drum programming *

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– live drums * Derek Green – backing vocals * Paul "T.J." Lee – backing vocals * Beverley Skeete – backing vocals

Charts

References

The Ones You Love
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