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One Love (The Prodigy song)
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Wikipedia article
"'One Love'" is a song by British electronic act the Prodigy, released on 4 October 1993 as the first single from their second album, 'Music for the Jilted Generation' (1994).
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. 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.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
Andy Beevers from 'Music Week' gave it four out of five, calling it a "charging percussion-laden and bass-heavy" track. James Hamilton from the magazine's 'RM' Dance Update described the original mix as "hardcore star's muezzin punctuated surging frantic 148bpm".
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.
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.
Track listing
; 12" vinyl record
#"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)
Tracks 1,2,3 written by Liam Howlett, track 4 remixed by Jonny L
; 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)
"One Love" (Edit) is named "One Love" (Juliana Mix) on Japanese release.
Charts
References
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