"The One to Sing the Blues" is a song by the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Motörhead, which Epic Records released in a number of formats; 7"and 12" vinyl, cassette-single, CD-single as well as a shaped picture disc. It reached number 45 in the UK Singles Chart. It is the opening track on the 1916

1916 (album)

-Motörhead:* Lemmy – bass, vocals* Phil Campbell – guitar* Würzel – guitar* Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums, except "1916", which featured a drum machine.-Additional Credits:...

album. It was the band's first CD single.

Although its official release date is January 5, 1991, Lemmy states it "came out a few weeks earlier — on my birthday, as a matter of fact", which is December 24, continuing to say "that's a really great song — maybe we'll put it back in the set one of these days".

Single track listing

All songs written by Lemmy, Würzel

Würzel

Michael Burston commonly known by the stage name Würzel, was an English musician and formerly a guitarist in the British heavy metal band, Motörhead....

, Phil Campbell

Phil Campbell (musician)

Philip Anthony Campbell has been the lead guitarist of the British heavy metal band Motörhead since 1984. He is also the former guitarist of Persian Risk.-Early life and career:...

, Phil Taylor

12"/CD

1. "The One to Sing the Blues" - 3:07
2. "Dead Man's Hand" - 3:29 (non-album track)
3. "Eagle Rock" - 3:07 (non-album track)
4. "Shut You Down" - 2:38

Personnel

• Guitars - Würzel and Phil Campbell
• Drums - Philthy Animal Taylor
• Bass, lead vocals - Lemmy