One (Creed song)

"One" is a song by American rock band Creed. It is the fourth single as well as the tenth and final track from the band's 1997 album My Own Prison. It was also included as a B-side on the maxi-single for "With Arms Wide Open" in 2000.

"One"
Single by Creed
from the album My Own Prison
Released	December 1, 1998
Format	CD
Recorded	1995, The Kitchen Studio, Tallahassee, Florida and Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre	Post-grunge, alternative rock
Length	5:02
Songwriter(s)	Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti
Producer(s)	John Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology
"What's This Life For" (1998) "One" (1998) "Higher" (1999)

The song decries racial tensions in modern society and "discrimination now on both sides" which cause "seeds of hate [to] blossom further." The song specifically denounces calls that affirmative action "may be justified" as causing a "sliding further into regression." Instead, the song suggests that "the goal is to be unified" and therefore "why hold down one to raise another." To move on, we must realize that "the only way is one" because "all we want is unity" and "in the end we meet our fate together."

"One" was released as the last single from the band's debut album, peaking at #49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. "One" was also the only song off Creed's first album that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, charting at number 70. It is one of Creed's highest charting rock singles, peaking at number two on both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and the Modern Rock Tracks. On the former chart, it was ranked the number one track of 1999, despite its #2 peak position. This song was used as wrestler Ricky Steamboat's entrance theme in 2006 and 2007 Raw Live Events.