"The One I Love" is a 1987 song by alternative rock band R.E.M. and is the lead single from their fifth studio album Document. It went to number 6 in New Zealand, number 9 in the United States, number 11 in Canada, number 17 in South Africa, number 69 in the Netherlands and number 84 in Australia. In 1991, it went to number 5 in Ireland, number 16 in the United Kingdom and number 81 in Germany.
Track listing
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.
"The One I Love" – 3:16
"Maps and Legends" (Live)1 – 3:15
12": IRS / IRS-23792 (US) Side one "The One I Love" – 3:16
Side two
"The One I Love" (Live)1 – 4:06
"Maps and Legends" (Live)1 – 3:15
12": IRS / IRMT 146 (UK) Side one "The One I Love" – 3:16
Side two
"Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) – 2:16
"Disturbance at the Heron House"1 – 3:26
1987 CD: IRS / DIRM 146 (UK) "The One I Love" – 3:16 "Last Date" (Floyd Cramer) – 2:16 "Disturbance at the Heron House"1 – 3:26
1988 CD: IRS / DIRM 173 (UK) "The One I Love" – 3:16 "Fall on Me" – 2:50 "So. Central Rain" – 3:14
1991 Limited Edition CD: IRS / DIRMT 178 (UK) "The One I Love" – 3:16 "This One Goes Out" (Live) – 4:01 "Maps and Legends" (Live) – 3:13
1991 Limited Edition CD: IRS / DIRMX 178 (UK) "The One I Love" – 3:15 "Driver Eight" (Live) – 3:27 "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live) – 3:40 "Crazy" – 3:02
1 Recorded at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California, May 24, 1987.
Certain releases list the live recording of "The One I Love" as "This One Goes Out" instead.