The One I Love
Lyrics
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire (she’s comin’ down on her own, now)
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
28 Official Releases
The One I Love (12” Single)Netherlands – ILS 651113-6
The One I Love (12” Single)UK – IRMT 146
The One I Love (12” Single)UK – IRMT 173
The One I Love (12” Single)USA – IRS-23792
The One I Love (Promotional 12” Single)USA – L33-17384
The One I Love (Promotional 12” Single)UK – WIRMT 173A
The One I Love (7” Single)Germany – 1C 006 2045377
The One I Love (7” Single)Mexico – 700 1113
The One I Love (7” Single)Netherlands – ILS 6511137
The One I Love (7” Single)UK – IRM 146
The One I Love (7” Single)UK – IRM 173
The One I Love (7” Single)UK – IRM 178
The One I Love (7” Single)Japan – IRS 04SP 1072
The One I Love (7” Single)USA – IRS-53171
The One I Love (7” Single)RSA – SSC 6067
The One I Love (Promotional 7” Single)Mexico – 700 1113
The One I Love (Promotional 7” Single)Netherlands – ILS 6511137
The One I Love (Promotional 7” Single)USA – IRS-53171
The One I Love (Promotional 7” Single)USA – IRS-53171
The One I Love (Promotional 7” Single)UK – WIRM 178A
The One I Love (Maxi Cassette)UK – DIRMC 178
The One I Love (Maxi Cassette)USA – IRSC-53171
The One I Love (Maxi CD)Netherlands – 1C(560)2045372
The One I Love (Maxi CD)UK – DIRM 173
The One I Love (Maxi CD)UK – DIRMT 178
The One I Love (Maxi CD)UK – DIRMX 178
The One I Love (Maxi CD)UK – REM1
The One I Love (Promotional Maxi CD)UK – DIRM 146
‘The One I Love’ is also available on
Document (CD Album)Netherlands – 0777-7-13200-2
released: unknown
Document / Lifes Rich Pageant (CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. Exhuming McCarthy
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 5. Strange
- 6. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 7. The One I Love
- 8. Fireplace
- 9. Lightnin’ Hopkins
- 10. King Of Birds
- 11. Oddfellows Local 151
- 12. Begin The Begin
- 13. These Days
- 14. Fall On Me
- 15. Cuyahoga
- 16. Hyena
- 17. Underneath The Bunker
- 18. The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 19. I Believe
- 20. What If We Give It Away
- 21. Just A Touch
- 22. Swan Swan H
- 23. Superman
Documentary (Bootleg LP)TRW 1914
released: unknown
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. These Days
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Exhuming McCarthy
- 5. Orange Crush
- 6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 7. King Of Birds
- 8. I Believe
- 9. Maps And Legends
- 10. Driver 8
- 11. Superman
- 12. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 13. Oddfellows Local 151
- 14. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 15. Begin The Begin
- 16. Strange
- 17. Ghost Riders
- 18. Cuyahoga
- 19. Fall On Me
- 20. Harpers
- 21. The One I Love
- 22. Crazy
- 23. Pop Song 89
- 24. Just A Touch
- 25. After Hours
1998 The Greatest Hits Collection (Bootleg CD Album)Bulgaria –
released: unknown
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Shiny Happy People
- 5. Drive
- 6. E-Bow The Letter
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Bang And Blame
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Talk About The Passion
- 16. Near Wild Heaven
- 17. Nightswimming
Acoustic ’87 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87
- 1. The One I Love
- 2. Welcome To The Occupation
- 3. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 4. Finest Worksong
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Walk, Don’t Run
- 7. 1,000,000
- 8. Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out)
- 9. The One I Love
- 10. Spooky
- 11. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 12. Finest Worksong
- 13. Fever
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Leaving On A Jet Plane
Black Session (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded Tracks 1-17 Studio 105, La Maison de Radio, Paris, Track 18 Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal+ Studio 5/5/01.
- 1. Imitation Of Life
- 2. The Great Beyond
- 3. Hope
- 4. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
- 5. Daysleeper
- 6. I’ve Been High
- 7. Electrolite
- 8. The Lifting
- 9. At My Most Beautiful
- 10. I’ll Take The Rain
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. She Just Wants To Be
- 13. Walk Unafraid
- 14. Losing My Religion
- 15. Man On The Moon
- 16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 18. Imitation Of Life
Bucketful of Worksongs (Bootleg CD Album)92029/30
released: unknown
Recorded: Tracks 1-22 Utrecht Holland 9/14/87, Tracks 23-28 Werchter, July 1985
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. These Days
- 3. Lightnin’ Hopkins
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Driver 8
- 6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 7. I Believe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. Exhuming McCarthy
- 10. Wolves, Lower
- 11. Fall On Me
- 12. Superman
- 13. Just A Touch
- 14. Oddfellows Local 151
- 15. Strange
- 16. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 17. Funtime
- 18. Time After Time (Annelise)
- 19. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 20. Harpers
- 21. Moral Kiosk
- 22. Life And How To Live It
- 23. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 24. Driver 8
- 25. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 26. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 27. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
- 28. Can’t Get There From Here
Caipirinha Rock (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: Rock in Rio, 1/13/01
- 1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 2. Fall On Me
- 3. Daysleeper
- 4. The Great Beyond
- 5. She Just Wants To Be
- 6. Stand
- 7. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 8. At My Most Beautiful
- 9. The Lifting
- 10. The One I Love
- 11. Find The River
- 12. Losing My Religion
- 13. Walk Unafraid
- 14. Man On The Moon
- 15. Everybody Hurts
Classic Traxx (Bootleg CD Album)SH 69057
released: unknown
All tracks recorded live in USA 1993-1995
- 1. The Wake-Up Bomb
- 2. Bang And Blame
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Shiny Happy People
- 6. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 7. Drive
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 11. Love Is All Around
- 12. Man On The Moon
- 13. Pop Song 89
- 14. Red Rain
- 15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 16. The One I Love
Cologne Free Concert (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: Cologne, Germany, May 12, 2001
- 1. The Great Beyond
- 2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 3. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
- 4. Cuyahoga
- 5. Electrolite
- 6. I’ve Been High
- 7. Daysleeper
- 8. The Lifting
- 9. Find The River
- 10. Imitation Of Life
- 11. I’ll Take The Rain
- 12. At My Most Beautiful
- 13. The One I Love
- 14. She Just Wants To Be
- 15. Walk Unafraid
- 16. Losing My Religion
- 17. Man On The Moon
- 18. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 19. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Draggin’ The Line – Greatest Hits ’99 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Daysleeper
- 2. Draggin’ The Line
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Man On The Moon
- 6. Strange Currencies
- 7. Shiny Happy People
- 8. Lotus
- 9. Suspicion
- 10. Drive
- 11. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 12. E-Bow The Letter
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. Radio Free Europe
- 15. Nightswimming
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. The One I Love
Drive (Live 1985 – 1992) (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: 1985- 1992
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Drive
- 3. Radio Song
- 4. World Leader Pretend
- 5. Half A World Away
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Everybody Hurts
- 8. Stand
- 9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 10. Orange Crush
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. Driver 8
- 13. Red Rain
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 16. Country Feedback
- 17. Pop Song 89
- 18. Endgame
- 19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Dynamic Live (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded 1987 and Oslo 12/6/84
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. These Days
- 3. Lightnin’ Hopkins
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Driver 8
- 6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 7. I Believe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. Exhuming McCarthy
- 10. Wolves, Lower
- 11. Fall On Me
- 12. Superman
- 13. Just A Touch
- 14. Oddfellows Local 151
- 15. Little America
- 16. Hyena
- 17. Driver 8
- 18. Old Man Kensey
- 19. Pretty Persuasion
- 20. 1,000,000
The Essential (Bootleg CD Album)MERCD 410
released: unknown
Recorded: various live and studio tracks
- 1. Driver 8
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Last Date
- 4. The One I Love
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Pop Song 89
- 7. Skin Tight
- 8. Half A World Away
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. Time After Time (Annelise)
- 11. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 12. Dark Globe
- 13. Memphis Train Blues
- 14. Eleventh Untitled Song
- 15. Radio Free Europe
hib-Tone Version
From The Borderline (Bootleg CD Album)France – RPCD 2038/2039
released: unknown
Recorded: The Borderline 3/15/91 and Shocking Club, Milan 3/22/91
- 1. World Leader Pretend
- 2. Half A World Away
- 3. Fretless
- 4. The One I Love
- 5. Hello In There
- 6. My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- 7. Jackson
- 8. Dallas
- 9. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 10. Belong
- 11. Low
- 12. Love Is All Around
- 13. You Are The Everything
- 14. Swan Swan H
- 15. Radio Song
- 16. Perfect Circle
- 17. Endgame
- 18. Pop Song 89
- 19. Losing My Religion
- 20. Fall On Me
- 21. Tom’s Diner
- 22. You Ain’t Goin Nowhere
- 23. Get Up
- 24. Moon River
- 25. Half A World Away
- 26. Swan Swan H
- 27. Driver 8
- 28. Low
- 29. Fretless
- 30. Losing My Religion
The Genesis of Revelation (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded: Cologne, Germany – 12 May 2001
- 1. The Great Beyond
- 2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 3. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
- 4. Cuyahoga
- 5. Electrolite
- 6. I’ve Been High
- 7. Daysleeper
- 8. Imitation Of Life
- 9. I’ll Take The Rain
- 10. At My Most Beautiful
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. She Just Wants To Be
- 13. Walk Unafraid
- 14. Losing My Religion
- 15. Man On The Moon
- 16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Gold (Bootleg CD Album)WH 200297U
released: unknown
Recorded: Unknown Origins.
- 1. Shiny Happy People
- 2. Everybody Hurts
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. E-Bow The Letter
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Bang And Blame
- 11. Drive
- 12. Radio Song
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. Talk About The Passion
- 15. Near Wild Heaven
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. Near Wild Heaven
- 18. Nightswimming
The Greatest Hits Collection 1998 (Bootleg CD Album)WH 970427
released: unknown
Recorded: Various
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Shiny Happy People
- 5. Drive
- 6. E-Bow The Letter
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Bang And Blame
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Talk About The Passion
- 16. Near Wild Heaven
- 17. Nightswimming
Greatest Hits Live (Bootleg CD Album)CHER-049-A
released: unknown
Various
- 1. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 2. The One I Love
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Pop Song 89
- 5. Orange Crush
- 6. Get Up
- 7. Stand
- 8. Losing My Religion
- 9. Shiny Happy People
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. Everybody Hurts
- 12. Drive
- 13. Radio Free Europe
- 14. Superman
- 15. Driver 8
- 16. Finest Worksong
- 17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 18. Crush With Eyeliner
- 19. Bang And Blame
Late At Night (Bootleg CD Album)ABCD14
released: unknown
Recorded: Fan Club releases and various others.
- 1. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
- 2. See No Evil
- 3. Good King Wenceslas
- 4. Academy Fight Song
- 5. Ghost Reindeer In The Sky
- 6. Summertime
- 7. Baby Baby
- 8. Christmas Griping
- 9. Where’s Captain Kirk?
- 10. Toyland
- 11. Silver Bells
- 12. Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
- 13. Sex Bomb Baby
- 14. Christmas In Tunisia
- 15. The One I Love
- 16. Time After Time (Annelise)
- 17. Disturbance At The Heron House
Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Bootleg CD Album)Germany – SPQRCD02
released: unknown
Recorded: 5/27/87 – McCabe\s Guitar Shop. Santa Monica, CA. Please note that only the songs that R.E.M. performed from this release appear here.
- 1. Don’t Talk
- 2. Hello Stranger
- 3. The One I Love
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 6. Finest Worksong
- 7. Maps And Legends
- 8. Harpers
- 9. Damaged Goods
- 10. Leaving On A Jet Plane
- 11. Sunday Morning
- 12. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- 13. A Campfire Song
- 14. The Wheel Of Fortune
TMOQ (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Don’t Talk
- 2. Hello Stranger
- 3. The One I Love
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 6. Finest Worksong
- 7. Maps And Legends
- 8. Harpers
- 9. Damaged Goods
- 10. Leaving On A Jet Plane
- 11. Sunday Morning
- 12. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- 13. A Campfire Song
- 14. The Wheel Of Fortune
Live In Paris 2001 (Bootleg CD Album)REM 2001
released: unknown
Recorded: Studio 105, Paris, France, May 7, 2001.
- 1. Imitation Of Life
- 2. The Great Beyond
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
- 5. Daysleeper
- 6. I’ve Been High
- 7. Electrolite
- 8. The Lifting
- 9. At My Most Beautiful
- 10. I’ll Take The Rain
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. She Just Wants To Be
- 13. Walk Unafraid
- 14. Losing My Religion
- 15. Man On The Moon
- 16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Live in USA 1987 (Bootleg CD Album)HL CD 019
released: unknown
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87
- 1. The One I Love
- 2. Welcome To The Occupation
- 3. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 4. Finest Worksong
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Walk, Don’t Run
- 7. 1,000,000
- 8. Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out)
- 9. The One I Love
- 10. Spooky
- 11. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 12. Finest Worksong
- 13. Fever
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Leaving On A Jet Plane
Losing My Religion Vol.1 (Bootleg CD Album)BAN-042-A
released: unknown
Recorded: 9/14/87, Utrecht, Holland (First Half of Show)
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. These Days
- 3. Lightnin’ Hopkins
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Driver 8
- 6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 7. I Believe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. Exhuming McCarthy
- 10. Wolves, Lower
- 11. Fall On Me
- 12. Superman
- 13. Just A Touch
Maps and Legends (Bootleg CD Album)MONG CD005
released: unknown
Recorded: 5/24/87, McCabe\s Guitar Shop,
- 1. Hello Stranger
- 2. The One I Love
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 5. Finest Worksong
- 6. Maps And Legends
- 7. Baby Please Don’t Go
- 8. Hello Stranger
- 9. A Campfire Song
- 10. Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out)
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. Spooky
- 13. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 14. Fever
- 15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
MTV Unplugged 2001 (Bootleg CD Album)CD 0333
released: unknown
Recorded: MTV Unplugged
- 1. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
- 2. Electrolite
- 3. At My Most Beautiful
- 4. Sad Professor
- 5. Beat A Drum
- 6. I’ll Take The Rain
- 7. I’ve Been High
- 8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 9. The One I Love
- 10. Losing My Religion
- 11. Country Feedback
- 12. Cuyahoga
- 13. Imitation Of Life
- 14. Disappear
- 15. Find The River
- 16. The Great Beyond
- 17. Free Form jazz Jam
- 18. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
- 19. All I Want
- 20. Fascinating
- 21. Imitation Of Life
- 22. She Just Wants To Be
- 23. I’ve Been High

(4.75 out of 5)