The Ones You Love

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"The Ones You Love"
Single by Rick Astley
from the album Body & Soul
B-side"Cry for Help"
Released23 August 1993 (1993-08-23)[1]
Length7:13
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Rick Astley
  • Dave West
Producer(s)
  • Gary Stevenson
  • Rick Astley
Rick Astley singles chronology
"Hopelessly"
(1993) 		"The Ones You Love"
(1993) 		"Sleeping"
(2001)
Music video
"The Ones You Love" on YouTube

"The Ones You Love" is a song performed by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley, written by Astley and Dave West. It was produced by Gary Stevenson and Astley, and recorded for Astley's third album, Body & Soul (1993). The song was released as the album's final single on 23 August 1993 by RCA Records and peaked at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart. After its release, Astley retired from music, and "The Ones You Love" served as his final single until the release of "Sleeping" in October 2001.

Critical reception[edit]

Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song three out of five, declaring it as "cheerful, uptempo and commercial, though far inferior to his last hit "Cry for Help" which is included here [on the single]."[2]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Ones You Love" (single edit) – 4:20
  2. "Cry for Help" (single edit) – 4:14
  3. "The Ones You Love" (instrumental) – 4:21

Personnel[edit]

  • Rick Astley – lead vocals
  • Dave West – keyboards, bass, drum programming
  • Mark Brzezicki – live drums
  • Derek Green – backing vocals
  • Paul "T.J." Lee – backing vocals
  • Beverley Skeete – backing vocals

Charts[edit]

Chart (1993–1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 132
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 54
Europe (European Hit Radio)[5] 16
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 54
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 4
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 48
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] 19

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 21 August 1993. p. 23.
  2. ^ Jones, Alan (21 August 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 14. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Retrieved 15 September 2015 – via Imgur.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2414." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ^ "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 39. 25 September 1993. p. 30. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Rick Astley – The Ones You Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Rick Astley" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Rick Astley – The Ones You Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Rick Astley Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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