There are a couple of stories that go with this song. I remember waking up one morning and looking over at Pat and saying, "Love is the question. Love is the answer. Love is the reason, and you are the one." As soon as I said it I realized there could be a song there. The challenge was how to find the best song.
I'd met Ted Brancato when we recorded the "Between Friends" album in 1981. We recognized something in each other and became friends. In the next few years he and his folks and his sister became sort of a second family to me.
When we were going to record what became The Missing Peace album it was decided that Ted would be the producer, arranger, and musical director as well as playing piano. He and I also decided that he would help write some of the songs. "You Are The One" is one of those collaborations.
