You Are the Only One (Sergey Lazarev song)

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"You Are the Only One"
Single by Sergey Lazarev
from the album The One
Released5 March 2016 (2016-03-05)
Genre
Length3:06
Label VGTRK
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Sergey Lazarev singles chronology
"Весна"
(2015)		"You Are the Only One"
(2016)		"Пусть весь мир подождет"
(2016)
Music video
"You Are the Only One" on YouTube
"Пусть весь мир подождёт" on YouTube
Digital download [1]
No.TitleLength
1."You Are the Only One"3:06

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [23] 40
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [24] 22
CIS (TopHit) [25] 18
Finland Download (Latauslista) [26] 17
France (SNEP) [27] 53
Hungary (Single Top 40) [28] 36
Iceland (RÚV) [29] 19
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [30] 19
Scotland (OCC) [31] 71
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [32] 49
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [33] 34
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [34] 75
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [35] 206

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide5 March 2016 [1] Digital download VGTRK

Legacy

Nicki French version

"You Are The Only One" was also recorded and released in 2019 by Nicki French who herself entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 for the United Kingdom. French's version appears on the EP "Let's Play That Song Again" with production by Matt Pop.

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide26 April 2019 [1] Digital download Energise Records Ltd

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