You're the One (Dwight Yoakam song)

"You're the One" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in February 1991 as the second single from his album If There Was a Way. It peaked at #5 in the United States,^[1] and #4 in Canada.

Content

The song's narrator describes about how his former lover treated him, and now she's been treated the same way that she treated him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Gable.

Demo version

Yoakam initially recorded a demo of the song in 1981. It is included on both the 2002 boxed set Reprise Please, Baby, and the 2006 reissue of his debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[4]	23
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	53

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 404.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1526." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 25, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Dwight Yoakam – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Dwight Yoakam.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Dwight Yoakam singles

Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.	"Honky-Tonk Man" "Guitars, Cadillacs" "It Won't Hurt"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Little Sister" "Little Ways" "Please, Please Baby" "Always Late with Your Kisses"

Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room	"Streets of Bakersfield" (With Buck Owens) "I Sang Dixie" "I Got You" "Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)"

Just Lookin' for a Hit	"Long White Cadillac"

If There Was a Way	"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" "You're the One" "Nothing's Changed Here" "It Only Hurts When I Cry" "The Heart That You Own" "Send a Message to My Heart" (With Patty Loveless)

Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack	"Suspicious Minds"

This Time	"Ain't That Lonely Yet" "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" "Fast as You" "Try Not to Look So Pretty" "Pocket of a Clown"

Gone	"Nothing" "Gone (That'll Be Me)" "Sorry You Asked?" "Heart of Stone"

Under the Covers	"Claudette" "Baby Don't Go" (With Sheryl Crow)

A Long Way Home	"Things Change" "These Arms"

Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Thinking About Leaving"

Tomorrow's Sounds Today	"What Do You Know About Love" "I Want You to Want Me" "I Was There" (With Buck Owens)

Inside Traxx 2002	"Sitting Pretty"

Population Me	"The Back of Your Hand" "The Late Great Golden State"

Blame the Vain	"Intentional Heartache" "Blame the Vain" "I Wanna Love Again"

Dwight Sings Buck	"Close Up the Honky Tonks"

Non-album singles	"Who'll Stop the Rain"

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