However the album cut "Let Me Be the One" did receive airplay on both Top 40 and MOR radio stations.

It starts off with Karen counting off, and Richard's piano line is very different from the original 1971 mix found on the Carpenters album.

In the original 1971 mix, the song fades out; the 1991 remix continues through to the point where Karen and the rest of the musicians create a conclusion.

Chelsea Brown performed the song in a 1972 episode of The Two Ronnies (original broadcast 30 September 1972).

The song has also been recorded by Petula Clark (on the album Warm and Tender, 1971), Clodagh Rodgers (on Rodgers and Heart, 1971), Paul Davis (on Paul Davis, 1972), Malcolm Roberts (on Living for Life, 1973), Suzanne Lynch (on Friends with You, 1973), the Temprees (on Love Maze, 1973), Vikki Carr (on One Hell of a Woman, 1974), Joy Fleming (on This Is My Life, 1974), Johnny Mathis (as a medley with "I Won't Last a Day Without You" on his album When Will I See You Again, 1975), Cleo Laine (on Born on a Friday, 1976), Shirley Bassey (on Bassey: The EMI/UA Years 1959-1979, 1994; and And I Love You So (expanded edition), 2000), Matthew Sweet (on the various-artists tribute album If I Were a Carpenter, 1994), Diana Ross (on Last Time I Saw Him (expanded edition), 2007), and Michael Simmons (on White Lace and Promises, 2018; and the covers album Singing in My Heart, 2022).