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{{Infobox singlesong
| Name name = The One to Sing the Blues
| Cover cover = The One To Sing The Blues.jpg
| Artist alt = [[Motörhead]]
| Album type = [[1916 (album)|1916]]single
| B-side artist = "Dead Man's Hand"[[Motörhead]]
| album = [[1916 (album)|1916]]
| Released = {{hlist|24 December 1990 {{small|(7" vinyl and CD)}}|5 January 1991 {{small|(12" vinyl)}}}}
| B-side = Dead Man's Hand
| Format = {{hlist|[[Gramophone record|7"]]|[[12-inch single|12"]]|[[CD single|CD]]}}
| Recordedreleased = 24 =December 1990
| recorded = 1990
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| Length studio = 3:07
| Label venue = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| genre = [[Speed metal]]
| Writer = {{hlist|[[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]]|[[Würzel]]|[[Lemmy]]|[[Philthy Animal Taylor|Phil Taylor]]}}▼
| Producer length = [[Peter Solley]]3:07
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| Certification =
▲| Writer writer = {{hlist|[[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]]|[[Würzel]]|[[Lemmy]]|[[Philthy Animal Taylor|Phil Taylor]]}}
| Last single = "[[Ace of Spades (live)]]"<br>(1988)▼
| producer = [[Peter Solley]]
| This single = "'''The One to Sing the Blues'''" <br> (1990–91)
▲| Last single prev_title = "[[Ace of Spades (live)]]"<br>(1988)
| Next single = "[[Hellraiser (Motörhead song)|Hellraiser]]"<br>(1992)▼
| prev_year = 1988
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
▲| Next single next_title = "[[Hellraiser (Motörhead song)|Hellraiser]]"<br>(1992)
| Upper caption = Alternative cover▼
| Type next_year = Single 1992
| Covermisc = {{Extra album = Motörhead Shaped.jpgcover
▲ | Upper captionheader = Alternative cover
| Lower caption = Shaped, picture disc release▼
| type = Single
| cover = Motörhead Shaped.jpg
| border =
| alt =
▲ | Lower caption = Shaped, picture disc release
}}
}}
"'''The One to Sing the Blues'''" is a song by the British [[Heavy metalRock music|heavy metalrock]] band [[Motörhead]], which Epic Records released in a number of formats; 7"-inch and 12"-inch vinylsingles, cassette-single, CD-single as well as a shaped picture disc.<ref name="ICGM">[[Alan Burridge (writer)|Burridge, Alan]] ''Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead'' Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing {{ISBN |0-9695736-2-6}}.</ref> It reached number 45 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2017-01-25|title=Official Charts – The One to Sing the Blues|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/the%20one%20to%20sing%20the%20blues/|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> It is the opening track on the ''[[1916 (album)|1916]]'' album. It was the band's first CD single.
 
Although its official release date is 5 January 1991, [[Lemmy]] stated it "came out a few weeks earlier —– on my birthday, as a matter of fact", which is 24 December 1990 continuing to say "that's a really great song —– maybe we'll put it back in the set one of these days".<ref name="WLF">[[Lemmy|Kilmister, Ian Fraser]] and Garza, Janiss ''White Line Fever'' (2002) —– [[Simon & Schuster]] pp. 178-179178–179. {{ISBN |0-684-85868-1}}.</ref>
 
==Critical reception==
==Single track listing==▼
In review of 5 January 1991 Paul Elliott of [[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] found the main [[riff]] of this song "somewhere between [[Thin Lizzy]]'s 'Sha La La' and 'Massacre', with some killer lead from [[Würzel]]." In the end Elliott summarized: "Still the ugliest, still the loudest."<ref name="SoundsReview">{{cite magazine|last=Elliott|first=Paul|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/90s/Sounds-1991-01-05-S-OCR.pdf|title=Review: Motörhead – "The One to Sing the Blues"|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|date=5 January 1991|page=19|location=[[Peterborough]]|publisher=[[UBM plc|United Newspapers]]|issn=|access-date=13 June 2022|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620080936/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/90s/Sounds-1991-01-05-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=20 June 2022}}</ref>
All songs were written by [[Lemmy]], [[Würzel]], [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]], and [[Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor|Phil Taylor]].▼
 
▲== Single track listing ==
===7"===
▲All songs were written by [[Lemmy]], [[Würzel]], [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]], and [[Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor|Phil Taylor]].
 
=== 7-inch single ===
# "The One to Sing the Blues" – 3:07
# "Dead Man's Hand" – 3:29 (non-album track)
 
=== 12"-inch and CD singles ===
# "The One to Sing the Blues" – 3:07
# "Dead Man's Hand" – 3:29 (non-album track)
# "Eagle Rock" – 3:07 (non-album track)
# "Shut You Down" – 2:38
 
== Personnel ==
* [[Lemmy]] — [[{{snd}}bass guitar|bass]], [[lead vocals]]
* [[Würzel]] — [[electric {{snd}}guitar|guitar]]
* [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil "Wizzö" Campbell]] — [[electric {{snd}}guitar|guitar]]
* [[Phil Taylor (musician)|Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor]] — [[drum kit|{{snd}}drums]]
 
== References ==
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