Release Date: March 1992
Highest Chart Position: UK: 7 USA: 10
Liner Notes:
One: Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Additional keyboards by Brian Eno. Additional guitar by Daniel Lanois. Lady With the Spinning Head: Words by Bono. Music by U2. Produced by Paul Barrett. Recorded by Ian Bryan. Mixed by Paul Barrett. Assisted by Louise McCormick and Fiach Cooling. Keyboards and kay sound solo by Paul Barrett. Recorded at STS Studios, Dublin. Satellite of Love: Written by Lou Reed. Produced by the Edge and Paul Barrett. Engineered and mixed by Paul Barrett. Assisted by Louise McCormick. Additional backing vocals: Gavin Friday. Recorder: Paul Barrett. Keyboards: Paul Barrett and the Edge. Recorded at STS Studios, Dublin. Night and Day (Steel String Remix): Written by Cole Porter. Produced by the Edge and Paul Barrett. Remixed by Youth. Remix production by Youth. Remix engineer: Mary Kettle. Assisted by Sean Leonard and Ciaran Byrne. Remixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. Front Cover Image: David Wojnarowicz. Back photography by Anton Corbijn. Design by Works Associates, Dublin. The image on the cover is a photograph by the American artist David Wojnarowicz, depicting how Indians hunted buffalo by causing them to run off cliffs. Wojnarowicz identifies himself and ourselves with the buffalo, pushed into the unknown by forces we cannot control or even understand. Wojnarowicz is an activist artist and writer whose work has created controversy recently through its uncompromising depiction of the artist's homosexuality, his infection by the H.I.V. virus and the political crisis surrounding AIDS. U2's royalties from this single will go to AIDS research.
Track List (7" Single):
- One (4:36)
- Lady With The Spinning Head (UV1) (3:54)
Track List (12" Single):
- One (4:36)
- Lady With The Spinning Head (UV1) (3:54)
- Satellite Of Love (4:00)
Track List (CD Single):
- One (4:36)
- Lady With The Spinning Head (UV1) (3:54)
- Satellite Of Love (4:00)
- Night and Day (Steel String Remix) (7:00)
Catalog:
- Australia:
- 7": Island 866 532-7
- 12": Island 866 533-1
- Cassette: Island 422-866 533-4
- CD: Island 866 533-2 (Digipak)
- Brazil:
- 12": Mercury 2801566 (Promo)
- CD: Island M-866 533-2
- Canada:
- Cassette: Island 866 533-4
- CD: Island 866 533-2
- France:
- 7": Island 866 532-7, Island IS515 (Jukebox Promo)
- 12": Island 866 533-1, Island 12 IS 515 (Test Pressing)
- Cassette: Island 866 532-4
- CD: Island 866 532-2
- Germany:
- 7": Island 115 164
- CD: Island 665 164
- Japan:
- CD: Island PSCD-1196, Island PHCR-8701, Island PSDD-3004 (3" CD)
- Spain:
- 7": Island 115 164
- UK:
- 7": Island IS515 / 866 532-7, Island IS515JB (Jukebox Promo)
- 12": Island 12IS515
- Cassette: Island CIS515
- CD: Island CID515
- USA:
- 12": Island 422-866 533-1
- Cassette: Island 422-866 533-4
- CD: Island 422-866 533-2 (Two different pressings), Island PRCD 6706-2 (Promo)
Media Review:
Review: One [12"]
2 1/2 stars (out of 5)
By JT Griffith, All Music Guide
One 12" vinyl single was released for the song "One." It is also a charity fundraiser, though the CD version has superior tracks. The 12" has only three songs: the album version of "One," a cover of Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love," and the B-side "Lady With the Spinning Head," which is an early Salome: The [Axtung Beibi] Outtakes track with hints of "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)." This is a nice single, but misses the steel string remix of "Night and Day," which is one of the best U2 covers ever. This vinyl single was only released in the U.K. The 12" has the best art of any of the "One" singles because of its size. The stunning photo of buffalo running off a cliff by American artist David Wojnarowicz is among the best album covers ever.
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