One Love
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First Released On:
1st June 1991
Duration:
04:48
Variations/Remixes:
N/A
Credits:
Written by Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Horace Andy and C.J. Williams
Produced by Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja and Jonathan Sharp
Recorded at Coach House Studios, Bristol
Mixed at Konk Studios, London
Mix engineered by Bryan Chuck New
See Blue Lines info section for further credit details by clicking here.
Sampled:
One Love uses a sample from the song “Catch The Beat” by T-Ski Valley. It appears primarily on his 1980 double A-side 12″ vinyl release Catch The Beat / Girls Of The World. It is not credited officially by Massive Attack.
One Love also uses a sample from the song “You Know, You Know” by Mahavishnu Orchestra. It appears primarily on their 1971 seminal recording The Inner Mounting Flame. It is not credited officially by Massive Attack. This would also be the second time Mahavishnu Orchestra was sampled on Blue Lines, with the first time being on Unfinished Sympathy.
Apart from the two aforementioned samples, One Love also uses a sample from the song “Ike’s Mood” by Isaac Hayes. It appears primarily on their 1970 release To Be Continued. It is not credited officially by Massive Attack. This sample is of the twinkling piano that accompany’s the ending of the song. Later on, this same piano sample from Ike’s Mood was also used coincendentally, or not in the Suck Me Up Dub of Heat Miser which was done by the Mad Professor.
Covered:
N/A
Vocalist(s):
Horace Andy
Lyrics:
History:
N/A
Additional Info:
One Love was the first song which Massive Attack would collaborate with Horace Andy with for Blue Lines. Horace Andy would then of course, go on to be an integral part of the band in the following years.
Live Appearances:
One Love was played on all live shows between the 1995 -1999 touring period. It’s live arrangement and performance was similar to it’s recording on Blue Lines, with Horace Andy providing vocals and Mushroom on the decks. Since the 1999 tour, however it has failed to make the live setlist, making it’s last ever live appearance at the Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland on the 28th November 1999.
Quotes:
3D on continually working with Horace Andy since One Love - “”We’ve got a lot of admiration for him so we just wanted to work with him consistently, so we asked him back” [Dance Music Authority Magazine - September 1998]
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