"The One That Got Away" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry. The song was written by Perry, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin, and was produced by the same for Perry's third studio album, Teenage Dream (2010). The song is a mid-tempo pop ballad about a lost love.

"The One That Got Away " was written by Perry, Lukasz Gottwald and Max Martin and produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. It is a midtempo dance-pop song positioned on the piece of E major and has a rhythm of 138 beats per minute. Joanna Holcombe from Yahoo! Music noted that the song is about first loves. Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly, said that the song is "a midtempo ode to a summer-after-high-school love with whom she recalls sharing Mustang makeout sessions to Radiohead'", Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone stated that in the song she and the guy get matching tattoos on her 18th birthday.. Michael Wood from 'Spin Magazine' said that the song is one of the album's quieter cuts and that it recall(s) Perry's singer-songwriter days at L.A.'s Hotel Café".. Amy Sciarretto of PopCrush said the most poignant lyrical declaration is when Perry sings: “Talk about the future / Like we had a clue", adding that the song most certainly pays homage to the feeling of being young and in love, with nothing ahead of you but possibility!", she concluded by saying that "there’s a wave of sadness' when Perry sings: “The oooooone / That got away”.. The song follows the chord progression of E–G#m–C#m–A and Perry's vocal range and spans two octaves from B3 to E5. The song was built on a relentless drum beat and a music box melody which highlights Perry’s breathy voice. Kitty Empire noticed that Perry's vocal is wistful throughout the song and that the references to June and Johnny Cash was unexpected.. Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone magazine stated that when Perry sings, 'I was June, and you were Johnny Cash,' it's understood that she's thinking of the scrubbed-up Hollywood version of June and Johnny, from Walk the Line".

Kerri Mason from Billboard described the song as "delectable", noting that it has more texture than anything on Perry's previous album, One of the Boys. Mikael Wood from Spin Magazine said that although "Perry delivers the gurl-gone-wild stuff with requisite sass", she actually "sounds more engaged on 'Not Like the Movies,' and 'The One That Got Away'.. Similarly, Kitty Empire from The Guardian praised the collaboration, stating that Perry and Luke are at their most appealing in the song.. In a similar note, Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone, stated that Perry is more at home with the mall romance of "The One That Got Away"..The same opinion was echoed by Greg Kot from Chicago Tribune who felt that Perry sounds more invested in the more "serious" songs on the album, such as The One That Got Away. However, he added that it's as if Perry is "determined to balance the summer frothiness with a few shots of 'adult' earnestness". Amy Sciarretto of PopCrush gave the song three-and-a-half stars out of five, explaining that "it was wise of Perry’s label to release this particular song during the back-to-school period, since this tune will certainly appeal to high schoolers and college freshman who are experiencing the very things Perry is singing about", adding that the song plays to Perry’s strengths.. On the other hand, Ben Norman from About.com criticized the song's tedious production and forgettable lyrics. He also added that the song is "a more boring version of "Teenage Dream"". Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly was not satisfied with the selection of the song as the sixth single, noting that there are better songs on the album that could have been chosen instead.

Genre: Dance/Pop

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