The Only One I Know

"The Only One I Know"
Single by The Charlatans
from the album Some Friendly
Released 14 May 1990
Format 7" vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD maxi
Recorded The Winding Studios, Wrexham, Wales, 1990
Genre Madchester[1]
Length 4:00
Label RCA (US) / Situation Two (UK)
Producer(s) Chris Nagle
The Charlatans singles chronology
"Indian Rope"
(1990)		 "The Only One I Know"
(1990)		 "Then"
(1990)

"The Only One I Know" is the second single by the English rock band The Charlatans. It was their first top-ten hit, reaching no. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] In the UK it was the highest-charting single from the Some Friendly album. Its best showing in the US was on the Modern Rock Chart, where it reached no. 5 in September 1990.[3][4] The song contained lines directly lifted from The Byrds' 1967 song "Everybody’s Been Burned,"[1] while the melody prominently features an organ riff lifted from the Deep Purple rendition of the song "Hush".[5]

The song was included as a track on the influential compilation album Happy Daze. A funk-styled cover version with vocals by Robbie Williams appeared on Mark Ronson's 2007 album Version. In 2010, the song was used in a TV advert for Cadbury's chocolate. In 2012 the song featured in the film California Solo.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brookes, Day, Collins, Blunt, Burgess

7"
  1. "The Only One I Know" – 4:00
  2. "Everything Changed" – 3:23
12"
  1. "The Only One I Know" – 4:00
  2. "Imperial 109 (Edit)" – 3:44
  3. "Everything Changed" – 3:23
CD
  1. "The Only One I Know" – 4:00
  2. "Imperial 109 (Edit)" – 3:44
  3. "Everything Changed" – 3:23
  4. "You Can Talk to Me" – 4:48

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 11
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 56
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[2] 9
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[3] 37
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[3] 5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BBC - Music TV - Pop on trial - 1950s-1990s". BBC Online. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Archive Chart: 1990-06-16" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Some Friendly – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "September 15, 1990 – Alternative Songs". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). 15 September 1990. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "The Charlatans UK – Only One I Know". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Charlatans – The Only One I Know" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 October 2014.