One Love
ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved. | |
| One Love | |
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| Genre | Pop |
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| Year | c. 2013 |
| Original poster | Samira Korcheni |
| Search started | 2013 |
| File:OneLove.mp3 | |
"One Love" is a song misattributed to Barbadian band Cover Drive.
Background
The earliest known upload was on October 6th, 2013 to the website onlyvibe.com[1], and was uploaded to YouTube one day later by user Samira Korcheni, who claimed to have downloaded the song from a website called ILoveRNBMusic.com, which shut down one month before the song's first known upload.
The song spread around the internet, being uploaded to several obscure MP3 downloading websites[2][3][4][5] and aired on an Indonesian radio station called Memora Radio in November 2014[6]. However, because all of these sources were reuploads of the original which credited Cover Drive, they provide little to no information about the musician who created the song.
Cover Drive have repeatedly denied any involvement with the song[7]
Leads
The moderator of the r/OneLoveUnknownSong subreddit believes the song is Canadian, specifically naming Kristina Maria[8] as a likely singer. The songwriter Krysta Youngs was also named[9], but this is debunked as she didn't know the song.[10]
It is speculated that the singer may be of Caribbean or Afro-Caribbean background, as Cover Drive originated in Barbados, so similar-sounding artists would share a similar background.[11]
Unconfirmed leads include Kristina Maria[12], girl group The Party[13] and hip-hop band My Crazy Girlfriend[14].
Several hoaxes have been created for this song, most notably a user named "maelynn" getting their name added to Shazam in an attempt to monetize the music and claim song rights.[15]
Lyrics
The lyrics most commonly agreed upon are:
Another song, the same beat
You’re looking down at the same shoes on your feet
I know you feel unoriginal
Never sayin, never sayin what you mean
Since you thought he stopped loving you
Goes back and broke your heart in two
You need to let go
You know you do
Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
Honey get your shit together ‘cause you’re better than that
One love
We only got one love
You only got one heart, don’t break it
Only one chance so take it
If life is the question, love is the answer
You better wake up before it ends
We only got one love so make it
Only one word, just say it
One love
Another fork in the down road
Another choice, can you make it on your own?
But all the tears kill you if you don't
Let it smile, let it smile through the pain
If you can work on loving you
Somebody else will love you too
You need to let go
You know you do
One love
We only got one love
You only got one heart, don’t break it
Only one chance so take it
If life is the question, love is the answer
You better wake up before it ends
We only got one love so make it
Only one word, just say it
Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
One love
We only got one love
You only get one heart, don’t break it
Only one chance so take it
If life is the question, love is the answer
You better wake up before it ends
We only got one love so make it
Only one word, just say it
(One love) Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
(One love) Honey get your shit together
Better get your shit together
(One heart) Honey get your shit together
(Don't break it) Better get your shit together
Only one chance so take it
One love
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131008060529/http://onlyvibe.com/2013/10/cover-drive-one-love/
- ↑ http://www.rockdizmusic.com/songs/cover-drive-one-love
- ↑ https://chomikuj.pl/CinemaCenter/Cover+Drive+-+One+Love+(+2o13+),3161766195.mp3(audio)
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140216021043/http://www.mzhiphop.com/song-12516-Cover-Drive---One-Love
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131008024359/http://www.primemusic.ru/Media-page-48590.html
- ↑ https://x.com/memoraradio/status/537889674354651136
- ↑ https://x.com/WeAreCoverDrive/status/388097968458711040
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristina_Maria?useskin=vector
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/OneLoveUnknownSong/comments/1chuywn/i_have_a_list_of_songwriters_and_publishers_that/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/OneLoveUnknownSong/comments/1d127b0/krysta_youngs_has_responded_to_my_email/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/onelovelost/comments/1dahpad/ive_joined_the_search_for_one_love/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/onelovee/comments/1bzjp5u/possible_new_lead/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/OneLoveUnknownSong/comments/1d4n6sc/this_sounds_like_a_good_lead_has_anyone_looked/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/OneLoveUnknownSong/comments/1chyzjr/myah_marie/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231220201544/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l8b436BnOE