The Only One (The Cure song)

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“The Only One”
“The Only One” cover
Single by The Cure
from the album The Cure's thirteenth album
A-side The Only One (Mix 13)
B-side NY Trip
Released 13 May 2008
Format 7" single, CD, Paid download
Genre Rock
Length 3:57
Label Geffen Records
Writer(s) Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Porl Thompson
Producer Robert Smith, Keith Uddin
The Cure singles chronology
"Taking Off
(2004)		 "The Only One"
(2008)		 "Freakshow"
(2008)
United States chronology
"alt.end"
(2004)		 "The Only One"
(2008)		 "Freakshow"
(2008)

"The Only One" is a single by the British band The Cure which was released on 13 May 2008 on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom. The single was released in the United States on 20 May 2008.[1] It is the first single to be released by The Cure in over three and a half years — their last single being 2004's "Taking Off" / "alt.end". It is also the first single that will be from their as of yet untitled 2008 album. The single was produced by Robert Smith and Keith Uddin.

The B-side/extra track, "NY Trip", will not be available on the new album.[2]

The Cure played the song live during their European tour in 2007 and 2008 under the title "Please Project".[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Reception

[edit] Acclaim

In an early review on their website, Canadian music magazine Exclaim!, describes the song as if it could have come from the sessions for the uplifting 1992 Wish album. They went on to add that Smith sounds "happier than ever" and that the song is a return to the form that produced many of their Top 40 hits.[3] The Observer described the song as having all the ingredients of a classic Cure song by having "lovely spiralling guitars, glowing bass and Robert Smith at his giddiest".[4]

[edit] Criticism

Saying that the song sounds "like a pop single by The Cure", Pitchfork Media adds that the lyrics are not distinctive and goes on to say that the release will not make anyone forget the previous great singles from the band.[5]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Only One (Mix 13)" – 3:57
  2. "NY Trip" – 3:39

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position		 Weeks
on chart
UK Singles Chart 48 1
US Modern Rock 32 3

[edit] References

  1. ^ THE MAJOR CONFUSION. Geffen (7 May 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
  2. ^ “The Cure to release new single each month”, New Musical Express, 2 May 2008, <http://www.nme.com/news/the-cure/36359>. Retrieved on 14 May 2008 
  3. ^ Lindsay, Cam (13 May 2008). Cure - "The Only One". exclaim.ca. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
  4. ^ Carnwath, Ally (18 May 2008), “Download Essentials”, The Observer, Review (London) 
  5. ^ Hogan, Marc (12 May 2008). New Music: The Cure: "The Only One". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
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