Only One (Goo Goo Dolls song)

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"Only One"
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Single by Goo Goo Dolls
from the album A Boy Named Goo
ReleasedFebruary 1995 [1]
Recorded1994
Genre Power pop
Length3:18
Label Warner 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.

Contents

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

U.S. Single

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

German Single

WBR 43543 [3]

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

Charts

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

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