Clarke originally intended "One Day" to be the second single for his project The Assembly , which utilized different guest vocalists for each track.
Clarke pursued the collaboration because he had "done nothing for so long" and was becoming bored after what he described as a "miserable" previous year. Musical Composition vince_clarkepaul_quinn_one_day_extension_1985_a...
The track was written by Vince Clarke, Jamie Morgan , and Cameron McVey . Clarke originally intended "One Day" to be the
A backing track was recorded with producer Flood and an unnamed reggae singer was initially hired for the vocals. When the pairing proved unsuccessful, Flood recommended Paul Quinn, the lead singer of Bourgie Bourgie . Flood recommended Paul Quinn