One (U2 song)
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| from the album Achtung Baby | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Lady With the Spinning Head (UV1)" | |||||||||||||
| Released | March 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, Cassette 7" single, 12" maxi |
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| Recorded | December 1990 – September 1991 at Hansa Ton Studios in Berlin, Elsinore in Dalkey, Dublin, and Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||||
| Length | 4:36 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Island | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Bono (lyrics), U2 (music) | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno | |||||||||||||
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"One" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track from their 1991 album Achtung Baby, and it was released as the album's third single in March 1992. While recording Achtung Baby, conflict arose between band members over the direction of U2's sound and the quality of their material. Tensions almost prompted the band to break up, until guitarist The Edge composed a chord progression that inspired the group to improvise the song. The mix for the song—a ballad—was worked on for the remainder of the album's sessions. The lyrics, written by lead singer Bono, describe struggles to maintain relationships with others, but they have been interpreted in other ways.
"One" was released as a benefit single, with proceeds going towards AIDS research. The song reached number seven in the UK charts and number ten in the Billboard Hot 100, and it topped the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. In promotion of the song, the band had several music videos filmed, although they were not pleased until the third video was created.
The song is widely considered to be one of the band's greatest songs and is consistently featured in lists of the greatest songs of all-time. The song has been played by U2 at every one of their concerts since the song's live debut in 1992, and it has appeared in many of the band's concert films. In a live setting, "One" is often used by the band to promote human rights or social justice causes, and the song lends its namesake to Bono's charitable organization, the ONE Campaign. In 2006, U2 re-recorded the song as part of a duet with contemporary R&B singer Mary J. Blige.
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Writing, recording, and production
Looking for inspiration on the eve of German reunification, U2 began the recording sessions for Achtung Baby in Berlin's Hansa Studios in late 1990.[1] However, the mood was bleak, and conflict arose within the band over their musical direction and the quality of their material. While bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. preferred a sound similar to U2's previous work, vocalist Bono and guitarist The Edge were inspired by alternative rock and European electronic dance music of the time and were advocating a change.[1] The band also had difficulty in developing demos and ideas into completed songs.[1] Bono and The Edge believed the lack of progress was the fault of the band, while Clayton and Mullen Jr. believed the problem was the song ideas.[1] Mullen said he "thought this might be the end" of the band.[1]
"At the instant we were recording it, I got a very strong sense of its power. We were all playing together in the big recording room, a huge, eerie ballroom full of ghosts of the war, and everything fell into place. It was a reassuring moment, when everyone finally went, 'oh great, this album has started.' It's the reason you're in a band - when the spirit descends upon you and you create something truly affecting. 'One' is an incredibly moving piece. It hits straight into the heart."
A breakthrough was achieved in December when The Edge combined two separate bridge sections of a song. Playing alone in another room, he was improvising chord progressions, which he did not like in the context of the song on which he was working[2] (which conflicting sources claim to be "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)", "Mysterious Ways", and "The Fly").[3][4][5] Producer Daniel Lanois overheard him and asked him to play the separate sections together. The Edge did so on acoustic guitar, catching the ear of those in the studio. Bono joined in with vocals, improvising lyrics and melodies. The other band members joined in, as well. Speaking of the improvisation, The Edge said, "Everyone recognized it was a special piece. It was like we'd caught a glimpse of what the song could be."[6] Soon afterwards, the band had developed the piece of music into "One".[2][4] Bono recalls that "the melody, the structure—the whole thing was done in 15 minutes".[3] He also stated that the lyrics "just fell out of the sky, a gift"; the concept was inspired by the band members' fracturing relationships,[7] the German reunification,[8] and Bono's skepticism of the hippie idea of "oneness". Bono later sent a note to the Dalai Lama declining an invitation to a festival called Oneness, incorporating a line from the song: "One—but not the same".[2] The song's writing inspired the band and changed their outlook on the recording sessions. Mullen Jr. said the song reaffirmed the band's "blank page approach" to recording and reassured the band that all was not lost.[2]
Following the song's initial improvisation, tapes of the recording sessions were delivered to assisting producer Brian Eno in order to gather his input.[3] The band were rather anxious about the quality of their material, but when Eno arrived in Berlin, they were surprised to hear that he liked most of the tapes.[3] However, as Bono recalls, Eno said, "There's just one song I really despise, and that's 'One'."[3] Eno felt that they needed to deconstruct the song.[3]
The band returned to Dublin in 1991 to record at the "Elsinore" mansion on the Dalkey coastline.[9] The band continued to work on the song there, adding various overdubs, but not finding a mix they were satisfied with.[3] The Edge thought that they had the foundation for the song, but that it needed "foreground".[3] Eno, whose strategy entailed spending extended periods of time away from the sessions before visiting to review material, believed his distance allowed him to provide the group with a fresh perspective on the recordings.[10] He explained his assistance: "I'd go in and say, 'The song has gone, whatever it is you liked about this song is not there anymore. Sometimes, for example, the song would have disappeared under layers of overdubs."[10] Eno interceded and created his own mix, which gave the band a better idea of an arrangement they liked.[3] Eno wanted the band to remove the melancholy elements of the song and persuaded them to remove the acoustic guitar from the song.[2] Eno also worked with Lanois and The Edge to "undermine the 'too beautiful' feeling", which is why they added the "crying guitar parts that have an aggression to them".[2]
Flood, the sessions' engineer, was unconvinced by the song's mix, saying he "was the nagging doubter. I always felt it was a bit straight, until we did the final mix."[3] The final mix was completed at Windmill Lane Studios in September 1991 on the last night of the album's recording sessions,[3][9] when some last minute additions were made to "One". Bono did not like a line in the vocals and spent most of the day re-recording it.[3] Later, after the song's mix had just been completed by the production team, The Edge came up with a guitar part he wanted to add to the song's end near the lyric "Love is a temple".[3][9] After convincing the production team to allow the addition, The Edge played the part once and had it mixed in ten minutes later.[9]
Composition
"One" is a rock ballad played in a 4/4 time signature at a tempo of 91 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Am–Dsus2–Fmaj7–G in the verses.[11]
Bono described the song's theme as such: "It is a song about coming together, but it's not the old hippie idea of 'Let's all live together.' It is, in fact, the opposite. It's saying, We are one, but we're not the same. It's not saying we even want to get along, but that we have to get along together in this world if it is to survive. It's a reminder that we have no choice".[12] The Edge described it on one level as a "bitter, twisted, vitriolic conversation between two people who've been through some nasty, heavy stuff".[2] On another level, he suggested that the line "we get to carry each other" introduces "grace" to the song and that the wording "get to" (instead of "got to") is essential, as it suggests that it is a privilege to help one another, not an obligation.[2] The band have been told by many fans that they played the song at their weddings, prompting Bono to respond, "Are you mad? It's about splitting up!"[2] Many have interpreted the song's lyrics as describing a conversation between a father and his HIV-positive gay son.[3]
Release
"One" was released as the album's third single in March 1992 as an AIDS benefit single, with all of the band's royalties being donated to AIDS research. The cover of the single release is a photograph by David Wojnarowicz, a gay artist who died of AIDS. The photograph depicts buffaloes falling off a cliff after being chased by Native American hunters. The single's liner notes explain that Wojnarowicz "identifies himself and ourselves with the buffalo, pushed into the unknown by forces we cannot control or even understand".[13]
The single reached number seven in the UK Singles Chart, number ten in the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the US Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts.[14]
Music videos
Three music videos were created for "One". The first, directed by Anton Corbijn, was filmed in Berlin and features the band members performing at Hansa Studios interspersed with footage of Trabants (an East German automobile they became fond of as a symbol for a changing Europe) and shots of them dressed in drag. Bono explained that the idea to crossdress "had been based on the idea that if U2 can't do this, we've got to do it!", and it was fostered by the group's experiences dressing in drag for the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[15] However, the band pulled the video, fearing the single's status as an AIDS benefit would result in critics finding AIDS-related interpretations of the video. The Edge explained, "We didn't want to be involved in putting back the AIDS issue into the realm of sexuality. [...] It wasn't worth the risk of people imagining we were saying something about the AIDS issue through the drag footage, which was totally not what we were trying to say."[16]
The second video was directed by Mark Pellington. It comprises images of blooming flowers, the title word in several languages, and slow-motion footage of buffaloes running, leading up to Wojnarowicz's "Falling Buffalo" photograph. Much like for the first video, the band did not believe Pellington's video would be good for promoting the single.[17]
The group filmed a third video in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience. It was directed by Rattle and Hum director Phil Joanou and was primarily filmed in early March 1992 at Nell's, a Manhattan nightclub.[17][18] The video depicts Bono sitting at a table smoking a cheroot and drinking beer, interspersed with footage of the band performing in concert.[18] While Bono was filmed, the rest of the band, along with models and transvestites, attended a party in the basement, awaiting their turns to be filmed. However, they were never called to the set and by 3 a.m., they realized that the video was to focus on Bono.[19]
Reception
After the release of Achtung Baby, critics praised "One". In its review of the album, Entertainment Weekly called the song "biting and unprecedentedly emotional" and opined that its "extravagant stylings and wild emotings [...] put it among Bono's most dramatic moments on record".[20] In its review of the album, Rolling Stone called the song a "radiant ballad", noting that "Few bands can marshal such sublime power, but it's just one of the many moments on Achtung Baby when we're reminded why, before these guys were the butt of cynical jokes, they were rock & roll heroes—as they still are."[21] Niall Stokes of Hot Press gave an enthusiastic review of the song, calling it one of the album's tracks "whose potency defies equivocations". Stokes said the song, both upon initial and repeated listens, "seems transcendent, a magnificent synthesis of elements, words and music, rhythm, instrumentation arrangement and intonation combine to create something that speaks a language beyond logic, the definitive language of emotional truth". He said the melody was reminiscent of Led Zeppelin and the vocals evoked memories of Al Green and The Rolling Stones circa "Sympathy for the Devil". Stokes could not single out what made the song so "utterly inspirational", but said it was "soul music that avoids the obvious cliches of the genre and cuts to the core".[22]
Q called Bono's singing on the song a "quieter moment" that has "never been so persuasively tender".[23] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the song "builds with the stately grandeur of a Roy Orbison ballad" and that Bono's lyric "We're one / But we're not the same" is one of "pithiest insights yet about the contradiction of marriage".[24] The Orlando Sentinel called the track "sorrowful" and compared it to music by The Rolling Stones.[25] Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called the "disillusioned" track of the album's high points.[26] Denise Sullivan of Allmusic wrote that the song was "among U2's finest recordings", and she praised its "lyrical simplicity, heart-rending vocal delivery, and evocative instrumentation". She called The Edge's guitar playing "unusually warm and soulful".[27]
Live performances
"One" made its live debut on 29 February 1992 in Lakeland, Florida on the opening night of the Zoo TV Tour,[28] and it has since been played at every subsequent show on U2's concert tours.[29] Zoo TV performances were accompanied by footage from the second music video being displayed on the stage's video screens, with David Wojnarowicz's "Falling Buffalo" photograph appearing at the end of the song.[30]
The song took on an even more emotional meaning at a Popmart Tour show at Mexico City in 1997, as featured on PopMart: Live from Mexico City, where the tearful rendition was dedicated to Michael Hutchence of INXS. Until the second leg of the U2 360° Tour, "One" was played live in the key of A♭ minor, while the recorded version is played a semitone higher. Throughout its history, Bono often sang the song with an extra verse generally known as "Hear Us Coming", whose lyrics are usually some variation of "You hear us coming Lord? / You hear us call? / You hear us knocking, knocking at Your door? / You hear us coming, Lord? / You hear us call? / You hear us scratching, will You make me crawl?". It was a nearly-regular feature on the Zoo TV Tour, PopMart, and Elevation Tours, but was sung less often on the Vertigo Tour. The verse made a re-emergence on the 2009 legs of the U2 360° Tour; although it was not a nightly feature, Bono sang it very often, segueing into "Amazing Grace" and from there into "Where The Streets Have No Name" on most of the second leg. "One" has also been played at several benefit concerts, including the 1995 Pavarotti and Friends concert in Modena, the 1997 Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York, the 2003 46664 concert, at Live 8 in 2005, and with Mary J. Blige on Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast.
Live performances of the song are also depicted on the concert films Zoo TV: Live from Sydney, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago, U2 3D, and U2 360° at the Rose Bowl.
Legacy
"'One' [...] is certainly a breakup song. But it's also very much about the duty to stay together, about finding some kind of connection in times of war, fragmentation, plague, poverty and cultural difference. About being too cynical to believe in the hippie version of global oneness, but too much of a believer to reject it."
In the years since its release, "One" has received critical acclaim and appeared on many critics' lists of the greatest songs. Rolling Stone placed the song at number 36 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", making it highest-ranked U2 song.[31] In 2003, a special edition issue of Q, titled "1001 Best Songs Ever", named "One" the greatest song of all-time.[32] VH1 ranked the song second on its list of "Greatest Songs of the 90s",[33] and voters in an April 2006 poll on VH1 named the song as having Britain's number-one lyric: "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers".[34] In 2005, Blender ranked the song at number four on its list of the "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".[6] The song subsequently appeared as one of seven U2 songs in the 2006 music reference book 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories, and Secrets.[5]
The song is currently ranked as the 94th greatest song of all-time, as well as the fourth-best song of 1991, by Acclaimed Music.[35] A listener's poll conducted by the popular Israeli radio station Galgalatz ranked "One" as the best song of the 1990s. In a recent poll, the listeners of the Portuguese radio RFM voted "One" as the best song ever.
Cover versions
"One" has been covered by many artists, notably by Johnny Cash, Joe Cocker, Warren Haynes, Mary J. Blige, R.E.M., Gregorian, Pearl Jam, Shinedown, and the cast of the television series Glee.
Duet version with Mary J. Blige
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| Released | 3 April 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Rock, R&B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:03 (edit) / 4:21 (album) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Geffen/Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Bono (lyrics), U2 (music) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Ron Fair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After being invited to join the group on-stage at a New York concert in 2005, Mary J. Blige performed the track with U2 and received a standing ovation. A recording of the song was later created, with Blige on lead vocals, Bono supplying additional vocals, and the band performing the music. This recording was featured on Mary J. Blige's multi-platinum album The Breakthrough, released in late 2005. It was released as the album's second international single in April 2006, having already been featured heavily on BBC Radio 1's playlist, and it has been a staple record on Capital FM's playlist since late January 2006. In May 2006, Blige performed the song at the finale of American Idol with finalist Elliott Yamin, ahead of its full release to American radio. It was also used by Fox for its end-of-season montage after game five of the 2006 World Series.
On December 31, 2006, "One" was announced by BBC Radio 1 to be the thirty-fifth highest-selling single of 2006 in the UK.[36]
It was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in December 2006.
Bank of America controversy
In late 2006, a Bank of America employee sang "One" with lyrics modified to refer to the Bank of America and MBNA merger. The video subsequently became an Internet phenomenon.[37] Universal Music Group, the copyright owner of the song, posted a cease and desist letter directed at Bank of America in the comments section of Stereogum, one of the blogs that posted the video.[38]
Track listings
U2 track listing
The single was released on various formats including 7-inch, 12-inch, cassette, and CD. All releases featured "Lady with the Spinning Head (UV1)" as a B-side track. Some releases also included "Satellite of Love" or both "Satellite of Love" and the "Night and Day" remix.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer | Length |
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| 1. | "One" | Bono | U2 | Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Lady with the Spinning Head (UV1)" | Bono | U2 | Paul Barrett | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Satellite of Love" | Lou Reed | Reed | The Edge and Barrett | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Night and Day" (Steel String remix) | Cole Porter | Porter | The Edge and Barrett | 7:00 |
Mary J. Blige & U2 track listings
Mary J. Blige's "One" single had two releases, both featuring the radio edit of the song. The first single release featured a live B-side, and the second single featured both a live and studio B-side, as well as a link to watch the "One" video online. The B-sides were songs by Blige only and did not feature U2.
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| 1. | "One" (Radio edit) | 4:03 | |||||||
| 2. | "Can't Hide from Love" (Live) | 3:51 | |||||||
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| 1. | "One" (Radio edit) | 4:03 | |||||||
| 2. | "I'm Going Down" (Live) | 3:25 | |||||||
| 3. | "My Life '05" | 6:24 | |||||||
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| Denmark[39] | Platinum | December 21, 2006 | 8,000 |
Charts
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| Preceded by "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister |
Irish IRMA number-one single March 5, 1992 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister |
| Preceded by "Hit" by The Sugarcubes |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single April 4, 1992 |
Succeeded by "High" by The Cure |
| Preceded by "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa L. Williams |
Canadian RPM number-one single May 9, 1992 - May 30, 1992 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "If You Asked Me To" by Céline Dion |
| Preceded by "I Still Burn" by Tobias Regner |
Ö3 Austria Top 40 number-one single May 5, 2006 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Nie genug" by Christina Stürmer |
| Preceded by "Respekt for Grandiosa" by Grandiosa "A Little Perfect Too" by Aleksander Denstad With "Neste såmer" by Ravi me De Lilos |
Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single 21/2006 (1 week) 28/2006 (1 week) 33/2006 - 36/2006 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "A Little Perfect Too" by Aleksander Denstad With "Neste såmer" by Ravi me De Lilos "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake |
Personnel
- Production – Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno
- Engineering – Flood
- Additional engineering – Robbie Adams
- Assistant engineering – Shannon Strong
- Mixing – Flood
- Mixing assistance – Shannon Strong
- Additional keyboards – Brian Eno
- Additional guitar – Daniel Lanois
See also
- List of covers of U2 songs - One
References
- Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McCormick (2006), pp. 216, 221
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 McCormick (2006), pp. 221, 224
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Stokes (2005), pp. 98–100
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Flanagan (1996), pp. 6–11
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Creswell (2006), pp. 415–416
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". Blender (41). 2005-10. http://www.blender.com/lists/68125/500-greatest-songs-since-you-were-born-451-500.html?p=12. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ "U2". Legends. VH1. 1998-12-11. No. 6, season 1. "Maybe it summed up the way we felt as a band, trying to kind of go somewhere, but not being able to at the time."
- ↑ Associated Press (2009-11-05). "Beyonce, U2 draw fans at MTV Europe Music Awards". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-11-05-MTV-europe-music-awards_N.htm.
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- ↑ Hilburn, Robert (1993-09-12). "U2's Pride (In The Name Of Songs)". Los Angeles Times.
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- ↑ Flanagan (1996), p. 58
- ↑ Cogan (2008), p. 27
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- ↑ Wyman, Bill (1991-11-29). "Achtung Baby". Entertainment Weekly (94). http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316330,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
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- ↑ Stokes, Niall (1991-11-13). "Review: Achtung Baby". Hot Press.
- ↑ Snow, Mat (1991-12). "U2: Achtung Baby". Q. http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=10465. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (1991-11-17). "U2 Loosens Up". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-u2november91,0,2879134.story.
- ↑ Gettelman, Patty (1991-11-06). "Achtung Baby". Orlando Sentinel.
- ↑ Hilburn, Robert (1991-11-17). "U2's Daring Descent Into Darkness". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61547027.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+17%2C+1991&author=ROBERT+HILBURN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&edition=&startpage=58&desc=U2%27s+Daring+Descent+Into+Darkness. Retrieved 2009-12-31. Note: A subscription is required to access the article.
- ↑ Sullivan, Denise. "Song Review: "One"". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:hxfpxzl0ldse. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ↑ "U2 One". U2Gigs. http://www.u2gigs.com/One-s21.html. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ↑ "FAQ: So have any songs never missed a concert since their debut?". U2Gigs. http://www.u2gigs.com/faq-4-Setlists.html#18. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (1992-03-11). "U2 Restyled, With Props and a Nod to the Fringes". The New York Times: p. C17. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/11/arts/review-rock-u2-restyled-with-props-and-a-nod-to-the-fringes.html.
- ↑ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone (Special collectors edition). 2010.
- ↑ Trynka, Paul (editor-in-chief) (2003). "1001 Best Songs Ever". Q (Special edition).
- ↑ "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s (Hour 5)". The Greatest. VH1. 2007-12-14. No. 182.
- ↑ "U2 line tops favourite lyric poll". BBC News Online. BBC. 2006-04-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4915848.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ↑ "Acclaimed Music Top 3000 songs". 27 May 2009. http://www.acclaimedmusic.net.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40_2006.shtml Official UK top 40 singles of 2006
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- ↑ Aspan, Mario (2006-11-20). "Lyrics Celebrating Bank Merger Impress Only Copyright Lawyer". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/20/business/media/20bank.html?ei=5090&en=7a77f2691e38a9d8&ex=1321678800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1167338226-NsOMIpdJNF94ZILt4sO+7Q.
- ↑ Danish certifications ifpi.dk (Retrieved January 16, 2009)
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 "One", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 16, 2009)
- ↑ "RPM100 - Top Singles - Volume 55, No. 19, May 09 1992". RPM. 1992-05-09. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2123&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 "Irish Singles Chart". The Irish Charts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2009-11-23. Note: U2 must be searched manually.
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- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.6 45.7 45.8 "One (duet version), in various singles charts Acharts.us (Retrieved January 16, 2009)
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 "One" (duet version), in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 16, 2009)
- Bibliography
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