Post by Mr. Birdy Sound on Oct 2, 2006 16:21:33 GMT -5
The One" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey for her twelfth album, Charmbracelet. It was co-written by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox and co-produced by Dupri, and its protagonist laments that she may have indeed found "the one", but has already promised herself that she wouldn't love again out of fear of being hurt. It was originally scheduled to be the second single from Charmbracelet, and promotional CDs had been pressed and released to radio stations in December 2002, with a set impact date of January 13, 2003 (see 2003 in music). Initial public reaction to the song was favorable, and Carey approved a treatment from director Joseph Kahn for the single's video. Filming was set to begin in Japan on November 25, 2002, and the final scenes of the video would be shot on location in Los Angeles.
Fans mobbed Carey and the film crew on the first day of production, forcing police to shut down filming and issue warnings to Carey, Kahn, and the rest of the crew for creating a nuisance. MTV highlighted the making of the video in a special documentary. Additionally, Carey's fans in Japan lobbied for a different song to be released as the second single. While the video was being completed in Los Angeles, both Carey and her label MonarC decided not to release a slow jam following the failure of the album's first single, "Through the Rain", in the U.S. While not a ballad like its predecessor, "The One" was abruptly withdrawn and replaced with the uptempo and hip hop-oriented "Boy (I Need You)". All promotion was now directed toward the new single, and the footage shot in Japan was edited into a video for "Boy (I Need You)".
Source: Wikipedia
This is not great by any means, BUT it's much better than Boy (I need You), it should have been the 2nd single from Charmbracelet.
I hate the production on this song, but I like the melody.
Fans mobbed Carey and the film crew on the first day of production, forcing police to shut down filming and issue warnings to Carey, Kahn, and the rest of the crew for creating a nuisance. MTV highlighted the making of the video in a special documentary. Additionally, Carey's fans in Japan lobbied for a different song to be released as the second single. While the video was being completed in Los Angeles, both Carey and her label MonarC decided not to release a slow jam following the failure of the album's first single, "Through the Rain", in the U.S. While not a ballad like its predecessor, "The One" was abruptly withdrawn and replaced with the uptempo and hip hop-oriented "Boy (I Need You)". All promotion was now directed toward the new single, and the footage shot in Japan was edited into a video for "Boy (I Need You)".
Source: Wikipedia
This is not great by any means, BUT it's much better than Boy (I need You), it should have been the 2nd single from Charmbracelet.
I hate the production on this song, but I like the melody.
