The One and Only (song)


"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' 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.

Use in other media

The song was later featured in the 1991 film Doc Hollywood and became a hit in the US, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in November 1991.
A cover of the song by Ellen and the Escapades was featured in the 2014 film L.A. Slasher.
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. 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.
On many Counter-strike multiplayer servers the song plays when a player's teammates are killed.

Track listing

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 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 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.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Year-end charts

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