"One Love" is a song by British electronic music act the Prodigy, released on 4 October 1993 by XL Recordings as the first single from the act's second album, Music for the Jilted Generation (1994). The song, both written and produced by Liam Howlett, peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the UK Dance Singles Chart. It was also a top-30 hit in Sweden and Switzerland.
Inspiration Liam Howlett first released the songs "One Love" and "One Love" (Jonny L Remix) as two 12-inch white labels, called "Earthbound 1" and "Earthbound 2".
The version that appeared on the Prodigy's second studio album Music for the Jilted Generation was the shorter edit version due to the band having to trim some running time off the album to allow it to fit on the master CD.Liam Howlett in a BBC Radio 1 interview during Zane Lowe's week of 'Masterpieces' (WC - 1st-Dec-2008) in which Music for the Jilted Generation appeared.
Critical reception Ian Gittins from Melody Maker felt "One Love" "lacks the maverick, individual quality which distinguished tracks like 'Everybody in the Place', and I's guess it's unlikely to repeat the Prodigy's normal routine chart success." Andy Beevers from Music Week named the song Pick of the Week in the category of Dance and gave it a score of four out of five, calling it a "charging percussion-laden and bass-heavy" track. James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described the original mix of "One Love" as "hardcore star's muezzin punctuated surging frantic 148bpm".
Soundtrack In 1995, "One Love" (along with "Voodoo People") was included in the soundtrack for the movie Hackers, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie.
Music video The accompanying music video for the song was created by Hyperbolic Systems and featured computer generated graphics with occasional images of the band members dancing among tribal figures.
Track listings All songs were written by Liam Howlett.
12-inch vinyl "One Love" (original mix) (5:50) "Rhythm of Life" (original mix) (5:05) "Full Throttle" (original mix) (5:28) "One Love" (Jonny L remix) (5:10)
CD single "One Love" (edit) (3:53) "Rhythm of Life" (original mix) (5:05) "Full Throttle" (original mix) (5:28) "One Love" (Jonny L remix) (5:10)
Note: "One Love" (edit) is named "One Love" (Juliana mix) on the Japanese release
Charts + Chart (1993) Peakposition Australia (ARIA) 225 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) 13 Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip) 2 UK Airplay (ERA) 78 UK Dance (Music Week) 5 UK Club Chart (Music Week) 26
Release history + Region Date Format(s) Label(s) United Kingdom 4 October 1993 XL Misprinted as 27 September. Australia 10 January 1994 Japan 21 February 1994 Mini-CD Avex Trax
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