According to Elliot, she wrote the song in a rap-singing style because she didn't know how to write songs for singers, explaining: 'Because I wasn’t really a singer like that, that's why I wrote like that, because I was a rapper, but I didn't know how to do a bunch of runs, so every record that I would attack, I would attack it like I'm rap-singing it.' During the earliest stages of the recording process, Elliot was scared to play the record to Aaliyah because the song's sound was very different. 'One in a Million' was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Single – Female at the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards.Īlong with ' If Your Girl Only Knew', 'One in a Million' was one of the earliest songs which Aaliyah recorded with Timbaland and Missy Elliott. Released as a double A-side single with ' If Your Girl Only Knew' in the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. 'One in a Million' was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 25 on the US Radio Songs and atop the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Upon its release, it was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the song's innovative production. 'One in a Million' was released as the third single from One in a Million by Blackground and Atlantic Records on November 26, 1996. Lyrically, it is about Aaliyah professing her love for a man whom she identifies as being her 'one in a million'. Musically, the song is an R&B- club ballad with trip hop and drum and bass influences.

It was written by both Missy Elliott and Timbaland with the latter producing the song.

' One in a Million' is a song recorded by American singer Aaliyah for her second studio album of the same title (1996).

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