One Love (The Prodigy song)

"One Love"
Single by the Prodigy
from the album Music for the Jilted Generation
Released	4 October 1993 (1993-10-04)
Recorded	Essex, England
Genre	Rave[1]
Length	5:50 3:53 (edit)
Label	XL
Songwriter(s)	Liam Howlett
Producer(s)	Liam Howlett
The Prodigy singles chronology
"Wind It Up (Rewound)" (1993) "One Love" (1993) "No Good (Start the Dance)" (1994)
Music video
"One Love" on YouTube

"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 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.[2]

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."[3] Andy Beevers from Music Week named the song Pick of the Week in the category of Dance and gave it four out of five, calling it a "charging percussion-laden and bass-heavy" track.[4] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described the original mix of "One Love" as "hardcore star's muezzin punctuated surging frantic 148bpm".[5]

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.

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.[6]

Track listings

All songs were written by Liam Howlett.

• 12-inch vinyl

1. "One Love" (original mix) (5:50)
2. "Rhythm of Life" (original mix) (5:05)
3. "Full Throttle" (original mix) (5:28)
4. "One Love" (Jonny L remix) (5:10)

• CD single

1. "One Love" (edit) (3:53)
2. "Rhythm of Life" (original mix) (5:05)
3. "Full Throttle" (original mix) (5:28)
4. "One Love" (Jonny L remix) (5:10)

Note: "One Love" (edit) is named "One Love" (Juliana mix) on the Japanese release

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "One Love"

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[7]	13
Netherlands (Dutch Single Tip)[8]	2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9]	28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	30
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	8
UK Airplay (ERA)[12]	78
UK Dance (Music Week)[13]	5
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[14]	26

Release history

Release dates and formats for "One Love"

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	4 October 1993	12-inch vinyl CD cassette	XL	[15]
Japan	21 February 1994	Mini-CD	Avex Trax	[16]

References

1. Telekom (28 August 2016). "25 Early Trance Tracks You Could Hear At A Festival Sometime Soon - Electronic Beats". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
2. 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.
3. Gittins, Ian (2 October 1993). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 34. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
4. Beevers, Andy (2 October 1993). "Market Preview: Dance - Pick of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. p. 17. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
5. Hamilton, James (9 October 1993). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
6. "Various - Hackers". Discogs. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
7. "The Prodigy – One Love" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
8. "THE PRODIGY - ONE LOVE" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
9. "The Prodigy – One Love". Singles Top 100.
10. "The Prodigy – One Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 1993.
12. "Airplay 100" (PDF). Hit Music. 30 October 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
13. "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 16 October 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
14. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 2 October 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
15. "Single Releases". Music Week. 2 October 1993. p. 25. Misprinted as 27 September.
16. "ワン・ラブ | プロディジー" [One Love | Prodigy] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

External links

• Further information about the single