"This One"
12-inch UK 4-track vinyl release cover, 12R 6223, EMI Parlophone
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Flowers in the Dirt
B-side
Released17 July 1989 (1989-07-17)[1]
Length4:10
Label
Songwriter(s)Paul McCartney
Producer(s)Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"My Brave Face"
(1989) 		"This One"
(1989) 		"Où est le Soleil?"
(1989)
1989 US Capitol cassette single cover, 4JM 44438.

"This One" is a single from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. The song reached number 18 on the UK singles chart.[2][3] It also reached number 8 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 in Austria, number 31 in the Dutch Top 40 in the Netherlands, number 40 on the Media Control Charts in Germany and number 14 in Japan.[4][5][6]

The single includes two songs recorded during the sessions for CHOBA B CCCP album: "I Wanna Cry" and "I'm In Love Again". The latter appeared in a slightly edited form than the version released on 1991 international edition of CHOBA B CCCP.

Like other songs from Flowers in the Dirt, despite the song's modest chart success, to date it has not been included on any McCartney compilation album.

Reception

Allmusic called the song "lovely".[7] Rolling Stone opined that the song "extends its cute, lyrical conceit for too long and winds up taxing the listener's patience."[8] Cash Box reviewed the single quoting from McCartney's song "Silly Love Songs" and claiming that McCartney "does them better than anyone I’ve heard since the ’60s."[9] The song reached number 76 on the Eurochart Hot 100.

Track listings

This song was released as a 7-inch single, a 12-inch maxi-single in three versions, a cassette single, and a CD single. All songs were written by Paul McCartney except where noted.

7-inch and cassette single

  1. "This One" – 4:10
  2. "The First Stone" – 4:03 (McCartney, Hamish Stuart)

7-inch single UK limited edition

  1. "This One" – 4:10
  2. "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:51 (Lennon/McCartney)

12-inch single 1

  1. "This One" – 4:10
  2. "The First Stone" – 4:03 (McCartney, Stuart)
  3. "I Wanna Cry" – 4:40
  4. "I'm in Love Again" – 2:40 (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew)

12-inch single 2

  1. "This One" – 4:10
  2. "The First Stone"- 4:03 (McCartney, Stuart)
  3. "Good Sign" – 6:52

12-inch single 3 (Club Lovejoys mix)

  1. "This One" (Club Lovejoys mix) – 6:10
  2. "The First Stone"- 4:03 (McCartney, Stuart)
  3. "I Wanna Cry" – 4:40
  4. "I'm in Love Again" – 2:40 (Domino, Bartholomew)

CD single

  1. "This One" – 4:10
  2. "The First Stone" – 4:03 (McCartney, Stuart)
  3. "I Wanna Cry" – 4:40
  4. "I'm in Love Again" – 2:40 (Domino, Bartholomew)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the Flowers in the Dirt Archive Collection LP liner notes.[10]

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] 30
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[13] 76
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 27
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 31
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 18
US Billboard Hot 100[17] 94
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] 28
West Germany (Official German Charts)[19] 40

References

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 15 July 1989. p. 41.
  2. ^ "UK Singles - 1952-2009". Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  5. ^ Steffen Hung. "Paul McCartney - This One". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Song artist 148 - Paul McCartney". Tsort.
  7. ^ Thomas, Stephen. "Flowers in the Dirt - Paul McCartney : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  8. ^ Anthony DeCurtis (29 June 1989). "Flowers In The Dirt | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  9. ^ Oscar (12 August 1989). "Pure Pop for Now People" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 14. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ^ Paul McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt, 2017, retrieved 13 November 2023
  11. ^ "Paul McCartney – This One" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Paul McCartney – This One" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 33. 19 August 1989. p. IV.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – This One". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Paul McCartney – This One" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Paul McCartney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Paul McCartney Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Paul McCartney – This One" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

External links

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