The One And Only

Album: Buddy's Song (1991)
Charted: 1 10
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was featured on the movie Buddy's Song starring Chesney Hawkes and Roger Daltrey about a boy called Buddy (Hawkes) who is determined to go further than his father's (Daltrey) teddy rocker days. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Sofia - London, England
  • When Hawkes reached the top of the UK singles charts with this song, it marked the first time both father and son had got to #1. Chesney's father is Chip Hawkes of The Tremeloes, who in 1967 topped the charts with "Silence Is Golden."Chip Hawkes' last hit single with the Tremeloes was "Hey Buddy."
  • This was written by Nick Kershaw, who had previously experienced success as a solo artist in the UK including a #2 single "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me." This was the first UK #1 he was part of.
  • Nik Kershaw said in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, "I wasn't particularly precious about The One And Only. I've just got this affliction to write those kind of songs. I just have to write them and stick them on a shelf and get them out of the way. I really don't know why people like them."
  • This song was also used in the Michael J. Fox movie Doc Hollywood. As a result of the film boost it reached #11 in the US and also got into the Top 10 in Japan.
  • Hawkes follow up to this was "I'm A Man Not A Boy," which was also used in Buddy's Song. It only reached #27 in the UK and flopped in the US. Since then he has failed to record any significant chart entries as a performer but as a songwriter he has had some success with various artists as Caprice, who charted in March 2001 with "Once Around The Sun. He also collaborated with Tricky on his Mission Accomplished EP. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 5
  • The song features as a ringtone on the movie Source Code and was an alarm clock tone in Moon. David Bowie's son Duncan Jones directed both films.

Comments: 1

  • Murph from Peoria, IlIt was also played in the beginning of Doc Hollywood with Michael J. Fox as he drove a classic Porsche through winding roads. Great shots if you like cars.
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