| The One That You Love | |
| Cover: | Air Supply - The One That You Love (single).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Air Supply |
| Album: | The One That You Love |
| B-Side: | I Want to Give It All |
| Released: | 30 April 1981 |
| Genre: | Soft rock |
| Length: | 4:17 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Harry Maslin |
| Prev Title: | Every Woman in the World |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"The One That You Love" is a song by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released as a single from their sixth studio album of the same name. It was written by member Graham Russell. The song reached No. 1 in the United States, topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 25 July 1981 and remaining there for one week; it is the duo's only No. 1 hit. The song's lead vocals are sung by Russell Hitchcock. Graham Russell provides backing vocals on this song.
"The One That You Love" also peaked at No. 2 for five weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart, behind "I Don't Need You" by Kenny Rogers.[1]
Cash Box said "Australia's Air Supply leaps back onto the charts with the title track from its forthcoming follow-up LP. A grandoise, string-laden number, with Graham Russell's unmistakable vocals, this recaptures the urgent romanticism of 'Lost in Love' and 'All Out Of Love' with plaintive backup vocals."[2] Record World described it as a "loving ballad that can't miss."[3]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[4] | 10 | |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] | 3 | |
| New Zealand | 26 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 1 | |
| US Record World[7] | 1 |
| Chart (1981) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 71 |
| Canada[9] | 59 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 28 |
| US Cash Box[11] | 23 |
