This 2011 single from B.o.B, a standalone digital release, found the rapper experimenting with a more pop-oriented, electro-infused sound that diverged from his earlier hip-hop and R&B work.
- "The One That Got Away" was released as a digital single on October 4, 2011, by Atlantic Records.
- The song samples "Don't Go" by the British synth-pop duo Yazoo.
- Despite its catchy, pop-friendly production, the single did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
B.o.B is a rapper from Decatur, Georgia. He rose to fame in the late 2000s with a string of eclectic, genre-bending hits. At the time of "The One That Got Away"'s release, B.o.B was navigating the critical and commercial aftermath of his sophomore album, Strange Clouds.
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