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1993 single by Rick Astley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"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.
"The Ones You Love" | ||||
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Single by Rick Astley | ||||
from the album Body & Soul | ||||
B-side | "Cry for Help" | |||
Released | 23 August 1993[1] | |||
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Length | 7:13 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Rick Astley singles chronology | ||||
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"The Ones You Love" on YouTube |
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]
Chart (1993–1994) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[3] | 132 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 54 |
Europe (European Hit Radio)[5] | 16 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] | 54 |
Italy Airplay (Music & Media)[7] | 6 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] | 12 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] | 4 |
UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 48 |
UK Airplay (ERA)[11] | 45 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] | 19 |
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