Song · Creed
“One” by Creed
From the album My Own Prison (1997)
“One” by Creed appears on 19 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the album My Own Prison. Its best result is #2 on the Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 1999, #2,483 alternative song of all time and #192 of the '90s.
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"One" closes out Creed's 1997 debut, My Own Prison, and it was the fourth single pulled from it. Singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti wrote it, and it was one of a batch of songs the band had ready before they ever set foot in a studio.
The story of how it got recorded is pure bootstraps. The members were in college and working 40-hour weeks, so each chipped in about $100 a week to cut demos at producer John Kurzweg's home setup in Tallahassee, Florida, nicknamed the Kitchen Studio. Kurzweg taped everything analog, the whole thing took about six months and $6,000, and Stapp sang his parts in a kids' bedroom beside bunk beds with toys strewn across the floor. The result is heavy, earnest post-grunge with a big, brooding chorus. It resurfaced in 2000 as a B-side on the "With Arms Wide Open" maxi-single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 84 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 8 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 2 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 44 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 7 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 4 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 18 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 2 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 156 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 55 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 969 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2000 | 39 | DC101 | DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s | 101 |
| 2001 | 113 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 221 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2005 | 440 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 291 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 324 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 329 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 318 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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