Only One (Goo Goo Dolls song)

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"Only One"
Single by Goo Goo Dolls
from the album A Boy Named Goo
ReleasedFebruary 1995[1]
Recorded1994
GenrePower pop
Length3:18
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)John Rzeznik
Goo Goo Dolls singles chronology
"We Are the Normal"
(1993)
"Only One"
(1995)
"Flat Top"
(1995)

Only One is a song by the Goo Goo Dolls. A power pop track,[2] It was the first single released from their 1995 breakthrough album A Boy Named Goo. The single was also released in a limited edition pink vinyl with "Slave Girl" and "Disconnected" on the B-side.

In Australia and Germany, the song was released as a CD single, with non-album track "Hit or Miss" and the fifth track from A Boy Named Goo, "Impersonality", appearing instead.

Track listing[edit]

U.S. Single[edit]

  1. "Only One" - 3:18
  2. "Slave Girl" - 2:17
  3. "Disconnected" - 3:00

German Single[edit]

WBR 43543[3]

  1. "Only One" (radio edit) - 3:09
  2. "Impersonality" - 2:43
  3. "Hit Or Miss" - 2:44

Charts[edit]

Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[4] 36
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[5] 21

References[edit]

  1. ^ White, Timothy (February 25, 1995). "Goo Goo Dolls' Blue-Collar Guts". Billboard. 107 (8). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 7.
  2. ^ Wild, David (February 2, 1998). "Goo Goo Dolls: A Boy Named Goo : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  3. ^ "Only One". MusicBrainz. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Goo Goo Dolls Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Goo Goo Dolls Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.