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One Less Lonely Girl” is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The song was written and produced by Bieber's mentor Usher, as well as Ezekiel Lewis, Balewa Muhammad of The Clutch, and A-Rex duo Sean Hamilton and Hyuk Shin. It was released exclusively to iTunes as the second single from his debut release, My World on October 6, 2009, and was later released to more digital distributions and mainstream and rhythmic radio soon after. The song was positively received, with critics commending the song's delivery and comparing it to pop-R&B ballads by Chris Brown and Beyoncé. It was a success in the United States & Canada, Bieber's highest peaks in the countries at sixteen and ten, respectively, until "Baby" bested the record in 2010. It also charted in the Belgium (Flanders) tip chart and in Germany within the top thirty, and also charted in Austria, Australia, and United Kingdom. The music video features Bieber attracted to a girl he sees in the laundromat, as he leads her on a scavenger hunt to win a date with her. Bieber has performed the song in a number of live appearances including the Fearless Tour, The Next Star, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

Background[]

"I think it's really important these girls have something so they can be one less lonely girl."
— Bieber explained of the song's meaning to MTV.[1]

In 2008, A-Rex created the song meant for a project by R&B singer Noel Gourdin. The song eventually found its way onto Justin Bieber’s first album the following year.[2]

Trivia[]

  • While filming the "One Less Lonely Girl" music video, the puppy in the video peed on Justin.
  • Selena asked Justin to stop doing One Less Lonely Girl and he said no.
  • The OLLG flowers was Justin's idea.

Music video[]

In an October 7, 2009, exclusive with MTV News, Bieber confirmed that a music video had been shot in Watertown, Tennessee (a small town approximately 50 miles east of Nashville, Tennessee) with Roman White who directed the music video for You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift. The video premiered on perezhilton.com on October 9, 2009, and was released to iTunes three days later. It later premiered on Bieber's official site and YouTube on October 13, 2009, Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, makes a cameo during the flower stand scene in the music video. While filming the music video, Bieber joked and said, "It’s like the biggest town I’ve ever been in." He went on to say, "“It’s really small and quaint and cute and cool. Everyone probably knows everyone I guess." Promotional photography took place around the town a few days before the rest of the video shoot, including Bieber holding posters of his first shoot, and with an old turquoise truck. The video was the first to feature Bieber wearing his signature dog tag. In a behind-the-scenes feature, Bieber said that a fan gave it to him, and it belonged to one of their friends that died in the war. Bieber stated, "I wear it because its cool and kind of a memory." The basic concept of the video is Bieber's goal to win a girl's heart after leading her around the town. Director Roman White said, "It’s romantic, it’s in a laundromat...that’s all it takes to win a girl is strung lights".

In the music video, Bieber is attracted to a girl he sees every day washing clothes at the local laundromat. In the opening scenes, Bieber is wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, similar to the gray one he wore in the One Time video, along with a cranberry shirt. One day while he is waiting for his clothes and is tuning his guitar, she drops a scarf, and he picks it up. In the laundromat scene Bieber is wearing a mixed purple, blue & orange plaid collared shirt, with a dark purple tee. The girl comes back the next day however he is not there. He then posts a sign beside the washer that he found her missing scarf. He leads the girl on a scavenger hunt for the scarf, posting signs with pictures of him on them around the town to encourage her to go on a date with him. He takes pictures of him in situations such as buying chocolate for her and the puppies scene, and others, with notes doting quips of what he would do for her. During the date and ending scenes Bieber has on a white striped collared shirt, with a dark cyan tee. She finally finds him at the end of the video and they have their date.

Polaroids[]

A set of 14 color Polaroids used in the music video were sold on an auction. The images are meant to be clues in the video for Bieber’s love interest to find him, and many show Justin wearing the red scarf that brought them together. The set was estimated to bring $1,200 during a four-day auction event hosted by Julien's Auctions in early December 2011. The price after the auction is unknown.

Performances[]

Date Event City Notes
June 20, 2009 Mix 93.3 Red White & Boom 14 Kansas City Acoustic
June 22, 2009 Private Concert at Q100 Atlanta Studio Atlanta Acoustic
July 3, 2009 Red, White & Boom Columbus Columbus Acoustic
July 7, 2009 Alice Cooperstown Cooperstown Acoustic
July 14, 2009 107.9 The End Sacramento Acoustic
July 15, 2009 KKRZ Z100 Portland Sacramento Acoustic
July 18, 2009 Summer Smash Tulsa Acoustic
July 21, 2009 Mix 96.1 San Antonio Acoustic
July 25, 2009 Z103.5 Summer Rush 2009 Halifax Acoustic
July 26, 2009 Toronto Acoustic
July 28, 2009 B937's Just Show Up Show Easley Acoustic
July 29, 2009 Q100 Atlanta Acoustic
July 31, 2009 K104.7 SplashDown Beach Fishkill Acoustic
August 1, 2009 Family Frenzy Syracuse Acoustic
August 7, 2009 MuchOnDemand Toronto Acoustic
August 11, 2009 XL 106.7 Tavares Acoustic
August 13, 2009 Coca-Cola Lounge Chicago Acoustic
August 14, 2009 Rock the Rapids Plainfield Township Acoustic
August 15, 2009 Party 105FM Mega Jam Medford Acoustic
August 17, 2009 Universal Music London London Acoustic
August 26, 2009 Back To School Bash New Orleans Acoustic
August 28, 2009 mtvU VMA Tour Jackson Acoustic
August 29, 2009 Arthur Ashe Kids' Day 2009 New York City Acoustic
September 1, 2009 Nintendo World Store New York City Acoustic
September 7, 2009 Six Flags New England Agawam Acoustic
September 8, 2009 Kiss 108 Medford Acoustic
September 14, 2009 Channel 933 San Diego Acoustic
September 15, 2009 Radio Disney Burbank Acoustic
September 24, 2009 Tiki Rocks The Square New York City
September 25, 2009 Z100 private concert New York City
September 27, 2009 The Next Star Toronto Acoustic
October 9, 2009 Hofstra University Hempstead
October 12, 2009 The Today Show New York City
October 16, 2009 Greenwood High School Greenwood Acoustic
October 17, 2009 107.5 the River's McFaddens Garage Nashville Acoustic
i106 studio Acoustic
October 21, 2009 FM 97 WLAN Lancaster Acoustic
October 22, 2009 99.3 KISS FM private concert Harrisburg Acoustic
97 BHT private concert Scranton Acoustic
October 23, 2009 FM 97 WLAN Lancaster Acoustic
October 24, 2009 98.5 KLUC's Private Session Las Vegas
October 29, 2009 Microsoft Store Opening Mission Viejo
November 6, 2009 Kool Haus Toronto
November 7, 2009 WiLD 941 Last Damn Show Tampa
November 8, 2009 Kidd's Kids benefit show Orlando Acoustic
November 12, 2009 Rave/Eagles Club Milwaukee
November 13, 2009 Q100 private concert Atlanta Acoustic
November 15, 2009 Good Morning America New York City Acoustic
November 17, 2009 My World Release Party Universal City Acoustic
November 19, 2009 It's On with Alexa Chung New York City Acoustic
November 23, 2009 Fearless Tour opening Wembley
November 24, 2009 Manchester
November 26, 2009 VIVA Live! Berlin Acoustic
December 1, 2009 107.9 The End's Jingle Ball Sacramento
December 4, 2009 Johnjay and Rich Phoenix Acoustic
Johnjay and Rich's Strictly Tucson Phooson Tucson
December 5, 2009 Channel 955 concert Detroit
December 6, 2009 101.3 KDWB's Jingle Ball Saint Paul
December 9, 2009 Q102's Jingle Ball Sacramento
December 10, 2009 Kiss 108's Jingle Ball Lowell
December 11, 2009 Z100's Jingle Ball All Access Lounge New York City
Z100's Jingle Ball
December 12, 2009 B96 Jingle Bash Rosemont
December 14, 2009 Free concert at Citadel Outlets Commerce
December 16, 2009 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel Providence
December 17, 2009 Star 94's Jingle Jam Atlanta
December 18, 2009 104.1 KRBE Not So Silent Night Houston
December 19, 2009 Radio Disney Concert Orlando
December 20, 2009 106.9 K-Hits Jingle Ball Tulsa
December 21, 2009 98.7 AMP's Jingle Kringle Detroit Acoustic
December 22, 2009 Live @ Much Toronto
December 31, 2009 Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2010 Las Vegas
January 9, 2010 Atlantis Theatre Bahamas Acoustic
January 17, 2010 Science Museum London Acoustic

Date Event City Acoustic
February 4, 2010 VH1's Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam Miami
February 5, 2010 The Early Show Los Angeles
February 13, 2010 102.7 KIIS FM Free Concert Acoustic
February 14, 2010 Valentine's Day Special Concert Hollywood
February 16, 2010 Northview High School Covina Acoustic
MOViN 99.7's Justin Bieber Experience San Francisco Acoustic
February 20, 2010 Pop-Con Uniondale
March 9, 2010 QVC West Chester Acoustic
March 16, 2010 New York City MTV's Live Leak Acoustic
March 21, 2010 Rodeo Houston Houston
March 24, 2010 Special Concert at Rosemont Theatre Rosemont
March 25, 2010
April 5, 2010 Easter Egg Roll Washington, D.C.
April 11, 2010 Walmart Soundcheck New York City
April 21, 2010 Duo Music Exchange Tokyo
May 14, 2010 Channel 933's Summer Kick Off Concert 2010 San Diego
May 15, 2010 2010 Wango Tango Los Angeles
June 5, 2010 Fearless Tour opening Foxborough
June 6, 2010 Summertime Ball 2010 London
June 12, 2010 Justin Bieber at Atlantis Bahamas
November 2, 2010 Golden Ticket Concert Phoenix Acoustic
November 30, 2010 Showcase NRJ & Universal Mobile Paris
December 8, 2010 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden Playback
December 11, 2010 B96 Jingle Bash Chicago Playback
June 11, 2011 Benefit concert for College Track Saratoga

Date Event City Notes
June 9, 2012 Summertime Ball 2012 London
June 10, 2012 London Live Acoustic
June 10, 2012 México Suena Justin Bieber Mexico City
June 16, 2012 Avon Theatre Stratford Acoustic
June 18, 2012 Macy's Presents: Believe New York City

Tour Date Performances
My World Tour 2010-2011 (All dates) 130
Believe Tour 2012-2013 (All dates) 162
Purpose World Tour March 11, 2016 1

Merchandise[]

The "One Less Lonely Girl" phrase spawned several products from Bieber's official store to have the coined phrase on them. One of the products is a cranberry colored scarf, the same color as a shirt Bieber wore in the music video. One end of the scarf has a patch with the "One Less Lonely Girl" phrase on it and the other end has a signature by Bieber. Tamar Antai of MTV Buzzworthy called the scarf "boundsly adorable" and "a total bargain for less loneliness". Another product was a white t-shirt that had the phrase stylized as "1LessL♥nleyGirl" in variations of sky blue colors. In December 2009, Bieber teamed up with 1-800-Flowers for a promotion. The company came out with a One Less Lonely Girl-branded bouquet of red "intuition" roses and a Valentine's Day card from Bieber, depicting the singer holding a heart. Packages could either have a twenty-four or twelve count stems, and a red, silver or clear vase. The flowers could be set for delivery between January 12-February 12, 2010, before Valentine's Day. The first one thousand customers received a free replica of the scarf in the One Less Lonely Girl video. A portion of the proceeds went to Pencils of Promise, a charity that helps build schools in developing areas of the world. Bieber frequently participates in the charity. A contest was also set in place in which a winner would be greeted with their flowers by Bieber himself, or could win the flower bouquet and other Justin Bieber merchandise.

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
Alright let’s go

[Chorus 1]
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl, one less lonely girl
One less lonely girl, one less lonely girl
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl, one less lonely girl
One less lonely girl

[Verse 1]
How many “I told you’s” and “start over’s”
And shoulders have you cried on before?
How many promises? Be honest, girl
How many tears you let hit the floor?
How many bags you packed just to take them back?
Tell me that, how many “either or’s”?
But no more if you let me inside of your world
There’ll be one less lonely girl

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh oh, saw so many pretty faces before I saw you, you
Now all I see is you
I’m coming for you, I’m coming for you
No, no, don’t need these other pretty faces like I need you
And when you’re mine, in the world
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl

[Chorus 2]
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, I’m gonna put you first
I’m coming for you, I’ll show you what you’re worth
That’s what I’m gonna do
If you let me inside your world
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl

[Verse 2]
Christmas wasn’t merry, 14th of February
Not one of ‘em spent with you
How many dinner dates, set dinner plates
And he didn’t even touch his food
How many torn photographs are you taping back?
Tell me that, couldn’t see an open door
But no more, if you let me inside of your world
There’ll be one less lonely girl

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh oh, saw so many pretty faces before I saw you, you
Now all I see is you
I’m coming for you, I’m coming for you
No, no, don’t need these other pretty faces like I need you
And when you’re mine, in the world
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl

[Chorus 2]
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, I’m gonna put you first
I’m coming for you, I’ll show you what you’re worth
That’s what I’m gonna do
If you let me inside your world
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl

[Bridge]
I can fix up your broken heart
I can give you a brand new start
I can make you believe yeah
I just wanna set one girl free to fall (Free to fall)
She’s free to fall (Fall in love)
With me
Her heart’s locked and know what, I got the key
I’ll take her and leave the world with one less lonely girl

[Chorus 1]
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl, one less lonely girl
One less lonely girl, one less lonely girl
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl, one less lonely girl
One less lonely girl

[Chorus 2]
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl
I’m coming for you, I’m gonna put you first
I’m coming for you, I’ll show you what you’re worth
That’s what I’m gonna do
If you let me inside your world
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl

[Chorus 2]
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl (Yeah, yeah)
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl (Yeah, yeah)
I’m coming for you, one less lonely girl (To you, girl)
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl (Yeah)
I’m coming for you, I’m gonna put you first
I’m coming for you, I’ll show you what you’re worth
That’s what I’m gonna do
If you let me inside your world
There’s gonna be one less lonely girl

[Outro]
Yeah, only you shawty, hahaha


Credits[]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[3]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Hanek, Joel (October 7, 2009). "Justin Bieber Readies Second Single 'Lonely Girl'". MTV. 
  2. Gardner, Eriq (March 28, 2011). "Justin Bieber’s ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ Prompts Fight Over Royalties". The Hollywood Reporter. 
  3. Bieber, Justin. "Credits / My World / Justin Bieber – TIDAL". Tidal. 


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