"The One That Got Away" is a pop song written by Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...

, Steve Kipner

Steve Kipner

Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an...

, Andrew Frampton, Michael Tafaro and Nathan Winkler for Bedingfield's 2005 North America

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n debut album Unwritten

Unwritten (album)

Unwritten is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. It was released in the UK on 6 September 2004, where it debuted at number one, and in the U.S. on 2 August 2005, where it debuted at number twenty-six...

. The song, backed by remix

Remix

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es by Wamdue and Valentin, was released as a promotional single

Promotional recording

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 in the United States

United States

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 in May 2006. The song was released in the United Kingdom

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 as a b-side

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 to "These Words

These Words

"These Words" is a song written by Natasha Bedingfield, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton and Wayne Wilkins for Bedingfield's 2004 debut album Unwritten. The song is the album's opening track, and was released as its second single...

".

In the United States, the track topped the Billboard

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Hot Dance Club Play

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 chart and reached number four on the Hot Dance Airplay

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 chart.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "The One That Got Away".

CD Single One

1. "The One That Got Away" (Valentin Radio Mix) - 3:46
2. "The One That Got Away" (Valentin Club Mix) - 6:40
3. "The One That Got Away" (Valentin MixShow Mix) - 6:05

CD Single Two

1. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Pop Mix) - 4:55
2. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Get Together Extended Vocal Mix) - 9:38
3. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Get Together Dub) - 6:40
4. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Get Together Radio Mix) - 5:22

Vinyl Single

1. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Pop Rocks Mix) - 4:55
2. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Get Together Dub) - 6:40
3. "The One That Got Away" (Wamdue Get Together Extended Vocal Mix) - 9:38

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... *	1

_* Wamdue & Valentin mix

Personnel

The following people contributed to "The One That Got Away":

• Natasha Bedingfield - lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
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• Ronain Kitt- vocals
• Wayne Wilkins - audio engineering
• Peter Wade Kuesch, John Hill - mixing
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• Rob Kinelski - mixing assistant
• Herb Powers, James Cruz- mastering
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External links

• natashabedingfield.com — official website