"This One" | ||||
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12-inch UK 4-track vinyl release cover, 12R 6223, EMI Parlophone
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SinglebyPaul McCartney | ||||
from the album Flowers in the Dirt | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 17 July 1989 (1989-07-17)[1] | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
Paul McCartney singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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.
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
7-inch single UK limited edition
12-inch single 1
12-inch single 2
12-inch single 3 (Club Lovejoys mix)
CD single
Personnel are taken from the Flowers in the Dirt Archive Collection LP liner notes.[10]
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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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 |
USBillboard Hot 100[17] | 94 |
USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] | 28 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[19] | 40 |