The One and Only (song)

"The One and Only" is a song written by Nik Kershaw, and recorded by the British singer Chesney Hawkes.

This article is about the Chesney Hawkes song. For other songs, see The One and Only#Songs.
"The One and Only"
Single by Chesney Hawkes
from the album Buddy's Song
B-side
  • "It's Gonna Be Tough"
  • "Say Mama"
ReleasedFebruary 1991[1]
Recorded1990
GenrePop rock
Length3:40
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Nik Kershaw
Producer(s)Alan Shacklock and Nik Kershaw
Chesney Hawkes singles chronology
"The One and Only"
(1991)		 "I'm a Man Not a Boy"
(1991)
Music video
"The One and Only" on YouTube

Produced by Kershaw and Alan Shacklock, and recorded and mixed by Gareth Cousins, Hawkes' recording was featured in the 1991 film Buddy's Song which starred Hawkes as the eponymous Buddy and Roger Daltrey 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] Kershaw's influence can also be heard throughout the track not only in guitar style but he also sung the vocal on the intro and choruses, with Hawkes singing the verses.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard commented, "Sugar-coated pop rocker by U.K. male vocalist, who was discovered by Roger Daltrey, is beginning to duplicate previous European chart success. Anthemic lyrics and a heartfelt performance should help push this over the top with top 40 punters."[4] "The One and Only" was a hit in the US, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in November 1991.[5]

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 and 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 the father of Hawkes's character 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.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The One and Only"Nik Kershaw3:44
2."It's Gonna Be Tough (film version)"Nigel Hinton and John Wesley Harding2:30
3."Say Mama"Johnny Meeks and Johnny Earl2:10
4."It's Gonna Be Tough"Nigel Hinton and John Wesley Harding2:50

Charts and certifications

2022 Nik Kershaw remix
"The One and Only (2022 Nik Kershaw remix)"
Single by Chesney Hawkes
Released4 March 2022
GenrePop rock
Length4:25
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Nik Kershaw
Producer(s)Nik Kershaw

The song was remixed by writer Nik Kershaw, performed by Hawkes and released by Chrysalis records solely on downloads on 4 March 2022 as a non-album single. This version of the song is 4:25 long and does not feature any B-sides.

Use in other media
  • The song was later featured in the 1991 film Doc Hollywood
  • A cover of the song by Ellen and the Escapades was featured in the 2014 film L.A. Slasher.[29]
  • Director Duncan Jones featured the song in some of his films. In Moon it is used as the wake-up alarm for the main character (ironically, as he soon discovers he is a clone). In the 2011 film Source Code, the song appears as the cellphone ringtone of the character of Christina. It is heard as background music for a game being played in Jones' 2018 film Mute. A deleted scene in Warcraft would have featured Hawkes himself as a bard playing it on a lute.[30]
  • On many Counter-strike multiplayer servers the lyric "I am the one and only..." plays when a player's teammates have all been killed leaving him as the only remaining player from his team.
  • Polish musician Jacek Stachursky covered the song with altered lyrics on his 2000 album 1 under the title Typ Niepokorny (pol. A Defiant Type).
  • Austrian metal band Dragony covered the song for their 2017 album Lords Of The Hunt.

See also

References
  1. Guinness British Hit Singles (11th ed.). Guinness Publishing Ltd. 1997. p. 162. ISBN 0-85112-027-X.
  2. The Official UK Charts Company. "All the No. 1's – The One and Only". Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  3. "The Official Charts Company - Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only". Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  4. Flick, Larry (27 July 1991). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 67. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "Billboard Singles". Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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  8. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1642." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  9. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1625." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  10. "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 25. 22 June 1991. p. 38. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  11. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 19. 11 May 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  12. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 280. ISBN 9789511210535.
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  20. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  21. "Jahreshitparade Singles 1991" (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  22. "Jaaroverzichten 1991" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  23. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles – 1991" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. 21 December 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  24. "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1991" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  25. "1991 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 11 January 1992. p. 20.
  26. "Billboard Top 100 – 1991". Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  27. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  28. "British single certifications – Chesney Hawkes – The One and Only". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  29. ellenandtheescapades (2 September 2014). "The One and Only (LA Slasher)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-19 – via YouTube.
  30. "Warcraft Deleted Scene Features a Chesney Hawkes Lute Solo". SciFiNow. 30 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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