I Wanna Be the Only One
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| Single by Eternal featuring BeBe Winans from the album Before the Rain |
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| Released | May 19, 1997 | ||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||
| Length | 3:36 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | BeBe Winans and James "Rhett" Lawrence | ||||
| Producer | Nigel Lowis | ||||
| Eternal featuring BeBe Winans singles chronology | |||||
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"I Wanna Be the Only One" is a single by Eternal. It was the third single released from their album Before the Rain. In May 1997, the group joined forces with US singer BeBe Winans and scored their first - and only - UK chart-topper with this song. The girl group had previously scored #1 hits in Japan with "Stay", "Power Of A Woman", "Who Are You" and "Finally".
"I Wanna Be the Only One" became Eternal's biggest hit to date: it was the third most played song on British radio and the most played song on European radio by a UK act in 1997. It earned Eternal a MOBO Award and Capital FM Award for Best Single. It was also nominated for Best Single at the BRIT Awards; although the gong went to All Saints, unofficial reports suggest that winner Never Ever was closely challenged by two both Eternal and the Spice Girls.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Wanna Be the Only One" | 3:36 |
| 2. | "A Friend Is a Friend" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Show Me" | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Don't You Love Me" (French Remix) | 3:37 |
[edit] Charts
| Country | Date | Position | Certification |
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| United Kingdom | May 1997 | #1 | Platinum [1] |
| Norway | August 1997 | #2 [2] | Platinum |
| The Netherlands | July 1997 | #3 [3] | Platinum [4] |
| Ireland | May 22, 1997 | #3 [5] | |
| Austria | July 27, 1997 | #6 [6] | |
| Sweden | August 29, 1997 | #6 [7] | |
| France | November 22, 1997 | #6 [8] | |
| Switzerland | August 10, 1997 | #7 [9] | Gold |
| Australia | March 29, 1998 | #10 [10] | Gold [11] |
| Germany | September 1997 | #14 [12] |
[edit] References
- ^ BPI.co.uk Certification "I Wanna Be the Only One" Accessed: October 29, 2006
- ^ NorwegianCharts.com "I Wanna Be the Only One" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
- ^ Top4000.nl Week 30, 1997. Accessed: October 28, 2006
- ^ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
- ^ IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
- ^ AustrianCharts.at "I Wanna Be the Only One" page. Accessed: October 28, 2006
- ^ SwedishCharts.com "I Wanna Be the Only One" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
- ^ LesCharts.com "I Wanna Be the Only One" page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
- ^ Swisscharts.com "I Wanna Be the Only One" page. Accessed: October 28, 2006
- ^ Australian-Charts.com "I Wanne Be The Only One" page. Accessed: November 24, 2006
- ^ Aria.com.au Certifications 1998 Accessed: October 29, 2006
- ^ Infinity charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of September 1997 Accessed: November 2, 2006
| Preceded by "You're Not Alone" by Olive |
UK Singles Chart Number 1 single May 25, 1997 for 1 week |
Succeeded by "MMMBop" by Hanson |
