Released May 7, 2013 Genre R&B, Hip-hop soul Label Epic Records | Format Digital download CD Length 2:53 | |
Writer(s) Tamar Braxton, Christian Ward, Shaunice Lasha Jones, LaShawn Daniels, James Mtume, Sean Combs, Jean-Claude Oliver, Christopher Wallace, Kevin Erondu | ||
"The One" is a song by American R&B recording artist Tamar Braxton. Written by Braxton, Yung Berg, Shaunice Lasha Jones, LaShawn Daniels, and its producer K.E. on the Track, the song contains samples from Juicy Fruit by Mtume. The song also contains re-sung lyrics from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy", which also sampled Juicy Fruit. It was released as the second single on May 7, 2013 from her second studio album Love and War (2013).
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Music video
On Thursday, May 30, 2013 (during an episode of Braxton Family Values), A music video for "The One" was released on Tamar's VEVO account. A pregnant Tamar Braxton enjoys the day in the Santa Monica Pier in the music video for "The One" with her on-screen man Darrell Allamby. The clip was directed by Gil Green. It currently has over 15 million views as of March 2016.
Commercial reception
"One" debuted at number 13 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart and number 63 on Billboard Digital songs on May 25, 2013. On June 29, 2013 the song peaked at number 34 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. On August 3, 2013 the song peaked at number 68 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart. On August 21, 2013 the song peaked at number 12 on the Heatseekers Songs chart. On August 24, 2013 the song peaked at number 9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts. On September 7, 2013 the song peaked at number 2 on the Adult R&B Songs chart. On September 21, 2013 the song peaked at number 25 on the R&B Streaming Songs chart.