Only You (Portishead song)

"Only You"
Single by Portishead
from the album Portishead
Released 2 March 1998
Format CD, 12"
Recorded 1996–1997
Genre Trip hop, alternative
Label Go! Discs/London
Writer(s) Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley, and The Pharcyde
Producer Portishead
Portishead singles chronology
"Over"
(1997)
"Only You"
(1998)
"Machine Gun"
(2008)

"Only You" is a single by Portishead, released in 1998. It was later released in a promotional French language lyrics version.

The video to "Only You" was directed by Chris Cunningham, who has also worked with Aphex Twin, Björk, and Placebo. It involved Beth Gibbons floating in air, and a young boy. The people were shot in a tank of water and then digitally inserted into an alleyway of a street scene.

Track listing

  1. "Only You" (Edit)
  2. "Elysium" (Parlour Talk Remix)
  3. "Only You" (NYC)
  4. "Only You"

Sales chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart 37