Which R.E.M. album includes the song 'The One I Love'?

The R.E.M. album that includes “The One I Love” is Document. Released in 1987, Document was R.E.M.’s fifth studio album and the band’s first collaboration with producer Scott Litt, who continued working with them through much of their most successful period.

“The One I Love” appears as the seventh track on the album. Although its title can sound like a straightforward romantic declaration, Michael Stipe has explained that the song’s lyrics are more complicated and unsettling than that interpretation suggests. Its repeated “fire” refrain and ambiguous wording helped make it one of R.E.M.’s most recognizable songs.

Document marked a major commercial breakthrough. “The One I Love” became R.E.M.’s first US Top 10 hit, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the album reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200. The same album also contains “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”

A common mix-up is confusing Document with Lifes Rich Pageant, the preceding 1986 album, or Green, the 1988 follow-up. Neither contains “The One I Love.”