"The One" was originally performed by dance music group Laid and Emma Holmgren, but decided to give it to Minogue.

In Europe, the song managed to chart inside the top 10 in Slovakia, and reached number 36 in the United Kingdom.

"The One" was originally performed by dance music group Laid and Emma Holmgren, but they eventually gave it to Minogue to record.

[8] Tom Ewing from Pitchfork Media said "When that track ends and 'The One' shimmers gloriously in with New Order guitars and morse-code synths, the return to 4/4 dance-pop brings an almost tangible inrush of confidence.

The video was shot in a makeshift green screen studio in the Manchester Arena, where Minogue was then touring her KylieX2008 concerts, during a day off in between performance dates.

[10] According to Ib, the video is also influenced by Fritz Lang, Art Deco, Powell and Pressburger, The Wizard of Oz, and Busby Berkeley.

Minogue appears styled in several different looks in scenes cut together throughout the video, each depicted in black and white, against a backdrop of graphics which feature bursts of colour in kaleidoscopic and spiral visual motifs.

Minogue first appears dressed in glamorous outfits redolent of the Hollywood Golden Age, and her hair is tightly curled, while towards the end she is seen wearing Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses with a short bob haircut.

Though he gave the tracks individual reviews, he concluded about "The One"; "I've waxed lyrical about how seductively friendly Kylie is, vocally, before and there's nothing so utterly extraordinary about this song, musically, that it really needs a total breakdown to be reviewed and perhaps that means its generic, rather than genius but if Kylie can sell this where Róisín Murphy and (to some extent) Cyndi Lauper are failing, then it's far from a bad thing.

[13] Tom Ewing from Pitchfork Media had declared "This kind of unfussy, hook-first music is what Minogue has always been best at, and back in her comfort zone she thrives.

"[9] Giving the song four out of five stars, Nick Levine from Digital Spy wrote: "This glittery, shimmering techno-pop beauty suits Minogue perfectly, and she responds by investing it with one of her better vocal performances, managing to sound angelic and lusty at exactly the same time.

"[16] Chris True from Allmusic called the song a "cold, calculated dance-pop that is more indicative of her recent work".

[17] BBC Music said "though even that is topped by "The One", which follows in her fine tradition of making songs capable of both breaking your heart and shaking your rump.

"[19] Dave Hughes from Slant Magazine said along with "Stars"; "[although the songs] don't break a lot of new ground for Minogue, at least she sounds comfortable on them.

"[20] Although the song was released in her native Australia, it failed to make an impact on the Australian Singles Chart.