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You're the One (Dwight Yoakam song)

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B-side
  
"If There Was a Way"

Format
  
7" 45 RPM, CD single

Genre
  
Country

Released
  
February 1991

Recorded
  
1990

Length
  
3:57

"You're the One" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in February 1991 as the second single from his album If There Was a Way. It peaked at #5 in the United States, and #4 in Canada.

Contents

Content

The song's narrator describes about how his former lover treated him, and now she's been treated the same way that she treated him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Gable.

Demo version

Yoakam initially recorded a demo of the song in 1981. It is included on both the 2002 boxed set Reprise Please, Baby, and the 2006 reissue of his debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

References

You're the One (Dwight Yoakam song) Wikipedia