Dedicated to the One I Love

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"Dedicated to the One I Love"
Single by the Shirelles
from the album Tonight's the Night
B-side "Look a Here Baby"
ReleasedMay 1959
Recorded Beltone (New York City)
Genre
Length2:03
Label Scepter
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Shirelles singles chronology
"I Got The Message"
(1958)		"Dedicated to the One I Love"
(1959)		"Tonight's the Night"
(1960)

"Dedicated To The One I Love" is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass that was a hit for the "5" Royales, the Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas and Bitty McLean. [1] Pauling was the guitarist of the "5" Royales, the group that recorded the original version of the song, produced by Bass, in 1957. Their version was re-released in 1961 and charted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

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The Shirelles version

A cover version recorded by American girl group the Shirelles [1] reached number 83 in 1959. [3] This version was re-released in 1961 and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides. [4] The song was subsequently included on their 1961 album Tonight's the Night . In Canada, the re-release reached number 13. [5]

The Mamas & the Papas version

"Dedicated to the One I Love"
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas & the Papas.jpg
West German picture sleeve
Single by The Mamas & the Papas
from the album The Mamas & The Papas Deliver
B-side "Free Advice"
ReleasedFebruary 1967
RecordedNovember 26, 1966
Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length2:56
Label Dunhill
Songwriter(s) Lowman Pauling
Ralph Bass
Producer(s) Lou Adler
The Mamas & the Papas singles chronology
"Words of Love"
(1966)		"Dedicated to the One I Love"
(1967)		"Creeque Alley"
(1967)

In 1967, a subsequent and slightly more popular cover version by the Mamas & the Papas [1] released on the Dunhill label went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, [8] kept from number 1 by "Happy Together" by The Turtles. [9] This version also reached number 2 on the UK's Record Retailer chart. [10] The lead singer on the Mamas & the Papas version was Michelle Phillips. It was the first time that Phillips was given the lead over Cass Elliot. The song was also included on the group's 1967 album The Mamas & The Papas Deliver .

The song has the same mix on both the single and album versions, unlike some of their other tracks. However, there are different versions of the song:

Cash Box called the single a "groovey, harmonic, soft rock venture that is sure to please all of the group's many fans." [7]

The group appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1967 to perform both this song and the single to follow, "Creeque Alley". Although the single has a running time of 2:56, and the group performed the song in its entirety, edited versions of the song appear on internet video sites with a much shorter running time.

DTV , in 1984, set the Mamas & the Papas version of the song to Sleeping Beauty and was featured on the VHS DTV: Groovin' for a 60's Afternoon.

Personnel

According to the AFM contract sheet, the following musicians played on the track. [11]

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
Australia ( Go-Set ) [12] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [13] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [14] 8
Canada ( RPM ) [15] 3
Ireland (IRMA) [16] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 15
New Zealand ( Listener ) [18] 10
South Africa (Springbok) [19] 2
UK Record Retailer [20] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [21] 2
US Cash Box Top 100 [22] 2
West Germany ( Musikmarkt ) [23] 26

Other versions

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