You 're the One ( Dwight Yoakam song ) - wikipedia You 're the One ( Dwight Yoakam song ) `` You 're the One '' Single by Dwight Yoakam from the album If There Was a Way B - side `` If There Was a Way '' Released February 1991 Format 7 '' 45 RPM, CD single Recorded Genre Country Length 3 : 57 Label Reprise 19405 Songwriter ( s ) Dwight Yoakam Producer ( s ) Pete Anderson Dwight Yoakam singles chronology `` Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose '' ( 1990 ) `` You 're the One '' ( 1991 ) `` Nothing 's Changed Here '' ( 1991 ) `` Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose '' ( 1990 ) `` You 're the One '' ( 1991 ) `` Nothing 's Changed Here '' ( 1991 ) `` 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, and # 4 in Canada. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Demo version 4 Chart performance 4.1 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links 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 ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 5 Year - end charts Chart ( 1991 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 23 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 53 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 404. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 1526. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 25, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Dwight Yoakam -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Dwight Yoakam. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991 ''. RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013. Jump up ^ `` 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 Wo n'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 `` Ai n'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 Do n'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 '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_the_One_(Dwight_Yoakam_song)&oldid=642676213 '' Categories : Dwight Yoakam songs 1991 singles Songs written by Dwight Yoakam Reprise Records singles 1990 songs Song recordings produced by Pete Anderson Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 15 January 2015, at 23 : 50. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song you're the one
Answer: Dwight Yoakam