"ONE" AIMEE MANN (1999)

For Women’s History Month, I’m selecting some of my favorite songs from some of the most talented and influential women in music. From frontwomen to singer-songwriters to iconic performers, I’m picking one song a day on Mental Jukebox until the end of March.

Aimee Mann is one of the most underrated singer-songwriters of our time. Being at the helm of ‘Til Tuesday and their mega hit “Voices Carry” may have created a shadow too big to crawl away from. But there is no mistaking the power of one of the greatest soundtracks ever written and recorded: Magnolia. Mann wrote half a dozen brilliant songs on it, but the one song I’ll never forget is her creepy, dystopian and insistent cover of “One” to open the movie.

“One is a number divided by two.”