The One (Backstreet Boys song)

A sneak preview of the song was released on the Selections from A Night Out with the Backstreet Boys CD on November 17, 1998, and had a slightly different sound to it, while another preview was shown at the end of Britney Spears' album ...Baby One More Time (under the title "I'll Be the One") two months later.

In a 2001 interview on The View, the group stated they never really intended "The One" as their fourth single.{{YouTube|vYtWXP2qxNw|Backstreet Boys on The View (2001) Interview – 1 of 2}} The group held a poll on TRL allowing fans to choose the next single from their album, and after Nick Carter himself called in and voted for "The One," his large fan-base followed. The rest of the group had preferred the song "Don't Want You Back," leading in votes up to that point.{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/this-backstreet-boys-song-didnt-get-the-love-it-deserved-so-get-ready-to-tuck-into-this-underrated-jam-73744|title=This Backstreet Boys Song Didn't Get the Love It Deserved, So Get Ready To Tuck Into This Underrated Jam|last=Rohwedder|first=Kristie|website=Bustle|date=August 1, 2017|access-date=October 4, 2019}}

The music video was directed by Chris Hafner and Kevin Richardson in April 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/backstreet-boys/7951/the-one.jhtml#artist=832|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102060928/http://www.mtv.com/videos/backstreet-boys/7951/the-one.jhtml#artist=832|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2008|title= Backstreet Boys – The One|publisher=MTV|access-date=November 22, 2009}} Most of the video is in widescreen format, though the within letterboxed black area are pulses of color based on the brightness of the shots. The choruses mainly feature two different clips side-by-side, further letterboxing the video. During the breakdown before the final choruses, the standard letterboxed image is split horizontally into four segments, and different clips flash between them with camera flash effects on the borderlines.

The video opened with a dedication to the Boys' fans, crew, band, and dancers. The video itself begins with a time-lapse shot of Gainbridge Fieldhouse (then named Conseco Fieldhouse), home of the Indiana Pacers, being converted from a basketball court to the band's stage for the Into the Millennium Tour, which is reversed at the end of the video. The remainder of the video comprises clips of performance footage from the tour and, less notably, several panned still images and off-stage clips from behind the scenes or other promotional appearances done for Millennium.

The footage is not specifically related to "The One," though a few clips of the band are synced to the lyrics. A soundtrack of screaming fans was added to the song's album version to give a live feeling to the song. The concert footage was from the entire tour, including a concert in the Bryce Jordan Center and the basketball arena at Penn State University. The video also shows a segment of the Backstreet Boys playing basketball in Michigan State jerseys. This is because concert footage was also taken from when the band played the Jack Breslin Center.{{cite web|title=University boasts quirky history, strange facts|url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/08/08/university_boasts_quirky_histo.aspx|publisher=Collegian Online|access-date=June 28, 2012}}

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UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=The One|others=Backstreet Boys|year=2000|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9250662}}

1. "The One" (album version) – 3:46
2. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Soul Solution Mixshow edit) – 3:40
3. "Larger than Life" (Jack D. Elliot radio mix) – 3:50
4. "The One" (video)

UK cassette single and European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=The One|others=Backstreet Boys|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Jive Records|id=9250664}}{{cite AV media notes|title=The One|others=Backstreet Boys|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9250649}}

1. "The One" (album version) – 3:46
2. "The One" (instrumental) – 3:46

European 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=The One|others=Backstreet Boys|year=2000|type=European 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Zomba Records|id=925066.7}}

:A. "The One" (album version) – 3:46

:B. "Larger than Life" (Jack D. Elliot radio mix) – 3:50

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European and Australian maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=The One|others=Backstreet Boys|year=2000|type=European & Australian maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=9250642}}

1. "The One" (album version) – 3:46
2. "The One" (instrumental) – 3:46
3. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Soul Solution Mixshow edit) – 3:40
4. "Larger than Life" (Jack D. Elliot radio mix) – 3:50

Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=The One|others=Backstreet Boys|year=2000|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Avex Group, Jive Records|id=AVCZ-95158}}

1. "The One" (album version) – 3:46
2. "The One" (instrumental) – 3:46
3. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Soul Solution Mixshow edit) – 3:40
4. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Jason Nevins crossover remix) – 3:55
5. "Larger than Life" (Jack D. Elliot radio mix) – 3:50

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