- One, Two, I Love You
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"One, Two, I Love You" 
Single by Clay Walker from the album Rumor Has It Released April 1997 Format CD single Genre Country Length 3:06 Label Giant Writer(s) Ed Hill, Bucky Jones Producer James Stroud
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(1997)"One, Two, I Love You"
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(1997)"One, Two, I Love You" is the title of a song written by Ed Hill and Bucky Jones. It was recorded by American country music singer Clay Walker on his 1997 album Rumor Has It and released as the album's second single.
The song is Walker's thirteenth single release, as well as his thirteenth Top Twenty hit on the Billboard country singles charts.
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Content
The song is about male narrator who has been in love with his female lover since they were in kindergarten together and he uses the nursery rhymes they learned together to show he loves her now that they are older and still in love.
Reception
Rick Mitchell of the Houston Chronicle wrote, "With its sweet sentiment, cute rhyme and catchy melody, it sounds like a can't-miss smash."[1] The Dallas Morning News gave the song a negative review writng, "One, Two, I Love You, is a silly, badly written, midtempo cut that proves nursery rhymes are strictly for kids. With a chorus that reads "One, two, I miss you/Three, four, I walk the floor/Five, six, come back quick/I don't want to miss you no more," it sounds like palatable country aimed at the lowest common denominator."[2]
Mike Joyce of the Washington Post also gave the song a negative review by writing, "The cloying kindergarten romance "One, Two, I Love You" doesn't qualify as a classic dud, it comes awfully close."[3]
Music video
A music video was filmed for this song and it was directed by Bill Young.
Chart positions
"One, Two, I Love You" is Walker's thirteenth Top 40 single on the Billboard country singles charts. The song spent nineteen weeks on the charts,[4] peaking at #18 on the chart week of July 12. It also peaked at #12 on the RPM Country Tracks charts in Canada.
Charts
Chart (1997) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 18 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 12 References
- ^ Rick, Mitchell Houston Chronicle Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo/Rumor has it rodeo loves Clay Walker/Boy from Beaumont hits whole 'nother level (26 February 1997)
- ^ The Dallas Morning News Volt, Jayhawks show there's no alternative (20 April 1997).
- ^ Joyce, Mike The Washington Post Not the Same Old Hat (6 July 1997).
- ^ "Hot Country Songs listing for "One, Two, I Love You"". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/clay-walker/one-two-i-love-you/657930. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
Clay Walker "What's It to You" · "Live Until I Die" · "Where Do I Fit in the Picture" · "Dreaming with My Eyes Open"If I Could Make a Living Hypnotize the Moon Rumor Has It Greatest Hits Live, Laugh, Love Say No More "Say No More" · "If You Ever Feel Like Lovin' Me Again"A Few Questions Fall She Won't Be Lonely Long "She Won't Be Lonely Long" · "Where Do I Go from You"Categories:- 1997 singles
- Clay Walker songs
- Songs produced by James Stroud
- Giant Records (Warner) singles
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