One Love (Blue song)

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"One Love"
Blue - One Love single cover.jpg
Single by Blue
from the album One Love
B-side "Get Ready"
Released21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)
Studio StarGate (Norway)
Genre R&B [1]
Length3:25
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) StarGate
Blue singles chronology
"Best in Me"
(2002)
"One Love"
(2002)
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
(2002)
Music video
"One Love" on YouTube

"One Love" is a song by English boy band Blue. Co-written by the band and StarGate, who also produced the track, it was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2002 as the lead single from their second studio album, One Love (2002). It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and entered the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand. "One Love" has received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), representing sales and streams of at least 400,000 units in the UK. The song's music video was directed by Cameron Casey. [2]

Contents

Chart performance

The song was a hit in the UK, peaking at number three. [3] The song also made the top 5 in Ireland (number four) [4] and New Zealand (number five). [5] It reached number 36 in Australia, [6] number seven in Denmark, [7] number 24 in Belgium [8] and number nine in Italy. [9]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes [2]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] Gold400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom21 October 2002
  • CD
  • cassette
[35]
Australia28 October 2002CD [36]
Japan30 October 2002Virgin [37]

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