"You're the One" is a song by

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, originally released in 1984 on Ono's and

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

's duet album ''

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''. The song was also on the compilation albums '' Onobox'' and ''

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Composition

The song's lyrics compare John Lennon and Yoko's Ono's relationship to be viewed by society as

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, but viewed by the couple as Heathcliff and

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from ''

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Critical reception

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, in his review of ''Milk and Honey'', stated that "You're the One" and its "cricket synthesizers," along with Ono's song "Sleepless Night", "are confident personal elaborations of a tradition she comes to secondhand."

Track listing

;CD single #"You're the One" (Claude Le Gache Vocal Mix) – 7:33 #"You're the One" (Morel's Pink Noise Vocal Mix) – 7:33 #"You're the One" (Fricia & Lamboy Tribal Dub) – 9:28 *Digital download (Vocal Mixes) # "You're the One" (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix) – 7:06 # "You're the One" (Bimbo Jones Dub) – 7:04 # "You're the One" (

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’s Pink Noise Vocal Mix) – 7:33 # "You're the One" (Morel’s Pink Noise Dub) – 8:22 # "You're the One" ( Claude Le Gache Vocal Mix) – 7:32 # "You're the One" (Claude Le Gache Mixshow Edit) – 6:08 # "You're the One" (Claude Le Gache Dub) – 7:33 # "You're the One" ( Friscia & Lamboy Tribal Dub) – 9:28

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Personnel

* John Lennon –

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, keyboards,

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Yoko Ono – vocals * Peter Cannarozzi –

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

References

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