"One, Two, I Love You" is the title of a song written by Ed Hill and Bucky Jones. It was recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Clay Walker

Clay Walker

Ernest Clayton "Clay" Walker Jr. is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single "What's It to You," which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, as did its follow-up, 1994's "Live Until I Die." Both singles were included on...

 on his 1997 album Rumor Has It

Rumor Has It (Clay Walker album)

-Critical reception:Mikel Toombs of The San Diego Union-Tribune gave the album a negative review writing, "An overactive arrangement and a mess of vocal mannerisms fail to hide the song's mundane nature. And Walker's singing also doesn't benefit "Country Boy and City Girl," a failed attempt at a...

and released as the album's second single.

The song is Walker's thirteenth single release, as well as his thirteenth Top Twenty hit on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country singles charts.

Content

The song is about male narrator who has been in love with his female lover since they were in kindergarten together and he uses the nursery rhymes they learned together to show he loves her now that they are older and still in love.

Reception

Rick Mitchell of the Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle

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wrote, "With its sweet sentiment, cute rhyme and catchy melody, it sounds like a can't-miss smash." The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News

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gave the song a negative review writng, "One, Two, I Love You, is a silly, badly written, midtempo cut that proves nursery rhymes are strictly for kids. With a chorus that reads "One, two, I miss you/Three, four, I walk the floor/Five, six, come back quick/I don't want to miss you no more," it sounds like palatable country aimed at the lowest common denominator."

Mike Joyce of the Washington Post also gave the song a negative review by writing, "The cloying kindergarten romance "One, Two, I Love You" doesn't qualify as a classic dud, it comes awfully close."

Chart positions

"One, Two, I Love You" is Walker's thirteenth Top 40 single on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country singles charts. The song spent nineteen weeks on the charts, peaking at #18 on the chart week of July 12. It also peaked at #12 on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Country Tracks charts in Canada.

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	18
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	12