▁at ▁Fair craft ▁Studios ▁in ▁Br ent wood , ▁California . ▁Ab el ▁Gar ib ald i ▁and ▁Ian ▁M eren ess ▁provided ▁additional ▁programming ▁and ▁engineering ▁for ▁the ▁track . ▁Dan ▁H igg ins ▁arranged ▁the ▁horn ▁section , ▁which ▁was ▁engine ered ▁by ▁Fair ▁and ▁John ▁Sch acter . ▁Don nie ▁L yl ie ▁provided ▁additional ▁music ▁direction ▁and ▁played ▁the ▁guitar ▁for ▁the ▁instrument al , ▁while ▁Steve ▁Gen ew ick ▁handled ▁the ▁engineering ▁for ▁the ▁string ▁portion . ▁ ▁Com position ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁ ▁Descri bed ▁as ▁a ▁" v int age - y ▁soul ▁ball ad ▁with ▁jazz ▁elements " ▁by ▁Kevin ▁Ap aza ▁of ▁Direct ▁L yr ics , ▁" S leep ing ▁with ▁the ▁One ▁I ▁Love " ▁is ▁composed ▁in ▁the ▁key ▁of ▁D - sharp ▁minor ▁and ▁has ▁a ▁tempo ▁of ▁ 6 5 ▁be ats ▁per ▁minute . ▁Sing ers room ' s ▁Elle ▁B ree zy ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁single ▁was ▁a ▁" he avy ▁bl ues ▁t une ", ▁and ▁represented ▁how ▁Fant asia ▁" rock ▁soul " ▁sound ▁would ▁en comp ass ▁various ▁musical ▁gen res . ▁All Music ' s ▁Andy ▁K ell man ▁called ▁the ▁song ▁" a ▁sp a cious , ▁retro - sty led ▁ball ad ", ▁and ▁The ▁Bo om box ' s ▁Am ber ▁McK yn zie ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" s ult ry ▁o de ▁to ▁ 6 0 s ▁soul ". ▁The ▁T ampa ▁Bay ▁Times ' ▁Jay ▁C rid lin