"One Love" | ||||
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Single by Blue | ||||
from the album One Love | ||||
B-side | "Get Ready" | |||
Released | 21 October 2002 | |||
Studio | StarGate (Norway) | |||
Genre | R&B [1] | |||
Length | 3:25 | |||
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Producer(s) | StarGate | |||
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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]
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]
Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes [2]
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Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [34] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | 21 October 2002 |
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Australia | 28 October 2002 | CD | [36] | |
Japan | 30 October 2002 | Virgin | [37] |
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