The One and Only (song)

"The One and Only"
Single by Chesney Hawkes
from the album Buddy's Song
B-side	"It's Gonna Be Tough" "Say Mama"
Released	28 January 1991 (1991-01-28)[1][2]
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:42
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Nik Kershaw
Producer(s)	Alan Shacklock Nik Kershaw
Chesney Hawkes singles chronology
"The One and Only" (1991) "I'm a Man Not a Boy" (1991)
Music video
"The One and Only" on YouTube

"The One and Only" is the debut single of British singer and actor Chesney Hawkes. Written by Nik Kershaw, the single was released by Chrysalis Records in January 1991. Produced by Kershaw and Alan Shacklock, and recorded and mixed by Gareth Cousins, the song was featured in the 1991 film Buddy's Song which starred Hawkes as the eponymous Buddy and Roger Daltrey as his father. The film performed moderately well at the UK box office, but the song was a hit in that country's music charts, spending five weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in March and April 1991. Kershaw's influence can also be heard throughout the track not only in guitar style, but in the backing vocals on the intro and choruses, with Hawkes singing the verses.

In the United States, "The One and Only" was featured in the 1991 film Doc Hollywood.^[3] The single proved to be Hawkes' only hit in the US, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in November 1991.