The One and Only (song)
"The One and Only" | ||||
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Single by Chesney Hawkes | ||||
from the album Buddy's Song | ||||
B-side | "It's Gonna Be Tough" "Say Mama" |
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Released | February 1991[1] | |||
Format | CD single, 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:40 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Writer(s) | Nik Kershaw | |||
Producer(s) | Alan Shacklock and Nik Kershaw | |||
Chesney Hawkes singles chronology | ||||
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"The One and Only" is a song written by Nik Kershaw, and recorded by the British singer Chesney Hawkes.
Produced by Kershaw and Alan Shacklock, Hawkes's recording was featured in the 1991 film Buddy's Song which starred Hawkes as the eponymous Buddy and Roger Daltrey (of rock band The Who) as his father. The film performed moderately well at the UK box office, but the song was a hit in that country's music charts, spending five weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in March and April 1991.[2][3]
The song was later featured in the film Doc Hollywood, also from 1991 (starring Michael J. Fox) and became a hit in the U.S., peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in May 1991.[4]
Polish singer Stachursky covered the song in 2000 with lyrics in Polish ("Typ niepokorny") on his album 1. Mario Lopez did a trance cover in 2008.[5][6][7]
A cover of the song by Ellen and the Escapades was featured in the 2014 film L.A. Slasher.[8]
The song was featured in two films by director Duncan Jones; in the 2009 film Moon (starring Sam Rockwell) as the wake-up alarm for the main character, and in the 2011 film Source Code, the song appears as the cellphone ringtone of the character of Christina. It is heard several times throughout each movie. ("The One and Only" in Moon is used ironically and is related to the story that unwinds. Hawkes is friends with director Jones and his father, musician David Bowie).
Hawkes was unable to follow up on this success, and is largely remembered as a one-hit wonder.
Contents
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The One and Only" | Nik Kershaw | 3:44 |
2. | "It's Gonna Be Tough (film version)" | Nigel Hinton and John Wesley Harding | 2:30 |
3. | "Say Mama" | Johnny Meeks and Johnny Earl | 2:10 |
4. | "It's Gonna Be Tough" | Nigel Hinton and John Wesley Harding | 2:50 |
Music videos
Two music videos were made. One featured Hawkes performing for a crowd on a stage. The second video features a girl, played by Saffron and her friend (played by Lucy Alexander) going to a cinema to watch Buddy's Song, where Hawkes jumps out of the screen a beckons the girl to follow him. They go into a storage room, but Hawkes is then pulled back into the screen; he escapes again, only to have Roger Daltrey (who plays Hawkes's father in the film) come out of the screen and chase after them. Finally, at the end of the video, Hawkes reaches out of the screen to the girl, who takes his hands and goes into the screen with him. They kiss whilst being watched by the girl's shocked friend.
Chart performance
Peak positions
Chart (1991-1992) | Peak position |
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Austrian Singles Chart[9] | 1 |
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[10] | 3 |
Canadian Singles Chart | 61 |
Dutch Singles Chart[11] | 9 |
Finnish Singles Chart[12] | 16 |
German Singles Chart | 8 |
Irish Singles Chart[13] | 3 |
Japanese Singles Chart[14] | 7 |
Norwegian Singles Chart[15] | 5 |
Swedish Singles Chart[16] | 2 |
Swiss Singles Chart[17] | 5 |
UK Singles Chart[2][3] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 10 |
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[18] | 89 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1991) | Position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[19] | 93 |
References
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Preceded by
"The Stonk" by Hale and Pace
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UK number-one single 30 March - 27 April 1991 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Cher |
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