1 Thing

Album

Touch

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Go-go

Composer(s)

A.M.M.Rogers,R.Harrison,S.Walden

Entered Chart

Feb 12, 2005

Peak Date

Apr 23, 2005

Released

January 18, 2005

Recorded

June 2004 Studio Sony Music, New York City Night Flight, Fort Washington, Maryland

Catalog #

Rise 71958

Amerie wrote this with producer Rich Harrison, who also produced the similar sounding "Crazy In Love" and also worked on Amerie's first album. The music is based on a kinetic drum loop taken from The Meters 1970 version of "Oh! Calcutta!," which was written by Samuel Walden. Harrison started with the sample, then wrote the melodies and lyrics for the song with Amerie. This was included on the soundtrack to the 2005 romantic comedy Hitch starring Will Smith. The music video is included on the DVD. At first, Amerie's record company Sony refused to release this as a single, and despite Harrison's protests the song remained on the shelf for a year and a half. When Jennifer Lopez expressed some interest in recording it, Amerie and Harrison decided to leak the track to some radio stations. There was a positive response and when the track became an unofficial hit, Sony was finally forced to release it as a single. When this became a hit, Lauryn Hill incorporated it into live performances of her song "Doo Wop (That Thing)." >>

Play Video
Woo, ah, woo

Na-na-na-na-na, oh (ah-ah)
Na-na-na-na-na, oh (ah-ah)
Na-na-na-na-na, oh (ah-ah)
Na-na-na-na-na

Oh, been trying to let it go
Trying to keep my eyes closed
Trying to keep it just like before
The times we never even thought to speak
Don't wanna tell you what it is
Ooh-wee, it felt so serious
Got me thinking just too much
I wanna set it off, but

It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing, your soul made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh

Hey, we don't know each other well
So why I keep picking up my cell?
Memories just keep ringing bells
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Hear voices I don't want to understand
My car keys are jingling in my hand
My high heels are clicking towards your door
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing, your soul made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it (yeah)
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh

And maybe I just can't believe it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh
I can't deny, tired of trying
Nothing left to do but to keep on seeing you
I'm hoping you can keep a secret
For me, for me, for me
But what you did, yeah

It's this one thing that got me trippin'
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing, your soul made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh (I can't help it)
Oh-oh-oh-oh (it's just something)
Oh-oh-oh (it's just)
Oh-oh-oh-oh (I don't know)
Oh-oh-oh (this thing)
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh (I don't wanna fight it)
Oh-oh-oh-oh

Na-na-na-na-na, oh
Oh
Na-na-na-na-na, oh
Na-na-na-na-na, oh
Na-na-na-na-na, oh
Oh, don't know what it is

It's this one thing that got me trippin' (hey)
It's this one thing that got me trippin' (you did)
This one thing, your soul made me feel it
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh
It's this one thing that caught me slippin'
It's this one thing, I want to admit it (you did)
This one thing and I was so with it (yeah)
It's this one thing you did, oh-oh-oh-oh

It's t