This Is the One - Remastered

In 1985 The Stone Roses were locked in a room by their record producer Martin Hannett and told they weren't allowed out until they wrote a song. This tune was the result of this curfew. The original version was shorter and faster and was included on the Stone Roses 1985 Garage Flower album along with the original version of "I Wanna Be Adored." The album was finally released in 1996 without the Stone Roses permission. A live favorite for several years, the band modified "This Is The One" for their 1990 Stone Roses album.

This is about a "girl consumed by fire," and her struggle to escape. Like many of their songs this has a number of Biblical references. The song's title refers to John the Baptist's proclaiming Jesus to be the promised Messiah: "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world ! This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me'" (John 1: 29 - 30). Also, the first few lines about "A girl consumed by fire" refers to a description of The king of Tyre being consumed by fire in Ezekiel 28: 17 and 18. Some commentators believe this is also a description of Satan's expulsion from Heaven after he became too proud.

Producer John Leckie in the April 2000 Q Magazine: "'This is the One' caused the most problems. There was always a big question as to whether it should go on the record. It worked real well live, a bombastic thing that got faster and faster and was a bit Nirvana-ish. But we had to work hard on getting the dynamics right and making the speed changes work smoothly."