One Love (The Prodigy song)

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"One Love"
One Love(Prodigy single).jpg
Single by the Prodigy
from the album Music for the Jilted Generation
Released4 October 1993
RecordedEssex, England
GenreRave[1]
LabelXL
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)

"One Love" is a single released by the British electronic act the Prodigy on 4 October 1993. It was the first single from the album Music for the Jilted Generation, and their sixth single.

Inspiration[]

Liam Howlett first released the songs "One Love" and "One Love" (Jonny L Remix) as two 12" white labels, called "Earthbound 1" and "Earthbound 2" respectively, in response to growing criticism from the music community about the Prodigy having sold themselves out and become purely commercial. Underground DJs apparently praised the white labels as some of the best of the year, but when it was revealed that Howlett had produced the songs, the DJs shunned the songs.[citation needed] With this act, Howlett had shown that the Prodigy was still capable of making pioneering dance music praised by the underground. This song in particular features rather innovative programming and loop-work in combination with sped-up tribal chants and orchestral strings.

"One Love" was also one of the first Prodigy singles to not receive a US release.

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[]

Andy Beevers from Music Week gave it four out of five, calling it a "charging percussion-laden and bass-heavy" track.[3] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update described the original mix as "hardcore star's muezzin punctuated surging frantic 148bpm".[4]

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 along tribal figures.

Cover artwork[]

The ring on the cover is made by 'Stussy' and is solid silver (925).

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.[5]

Track listing[]

12" vinyl record
  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)

Tracks 1,2,3 written by Liam Howlett, track 4 remixed by Jonny L

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)

"One Love" (Edit) is named "One Love" (Juliana Mix) on Japanese release.

Charts[]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 225
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 Dance Singles (Music Week)[12] 5

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. ^ Beevers, Andy (2 October 1993). "Market Preview: Dance - Pick of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. p. 17. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ Hamilton, James (9 October 1993). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Various - Hackers". Discogs. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ^ . 9 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151109062955/http://i.imgur.com/KqVcpbl.jpg. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Prodigy – One Love". Singles Top 100.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Prodigy – One Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 1993.
  12. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 16 October 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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