Only You (And You Alone)
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- This article is about the song "Only You (And You Alone)." For other uses, see Only You.
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| Single by The Platters | ||
| from the album The Platters Original recording & The Fabulous Platters Re-recording | ||
| B-side(s) | You Made Me Cry Original recording Bark, Battle and Ball Re-recording |
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| Released | 1954 Original recording 1955 Re-recording |
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| Format | 7" vinyl | |
| Recorded | 1954 Original recording 1955 Re-recording |
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| Genre | Rock/Pop | |
| Label | Federal Original recording Mercury Re-recording |
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| Writer(s) | Buck Ram and Ande Rand | |
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| Single by Ringo Starr | ||
| from the album Goodnight Vienna | ||
| Released | 1974 | |
| Format | vinyl record 7" | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | EMI (UK) Apple Records (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Buck Ram and Ande Rand | |
| Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |
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| Ringo Starr singles chronology | ||
| "Oh My My" (1974) |
"Only You (And You Alone)" (1974) |
"No No Song" (1974) |
"Only You (And You Alone)" (often shortened to "Only You") is a pop song composed by Buck Ram and Ande Rand. It was recorded most successfully by The Platters in 1955.
The first recording of the song by The Platters turned out poorly, but after a re-recording, the song scored a major hit when it was released on July 3, 1955. The song held strong in the #1 position on the U.S. R & B charts for seven weeks, and hit #5 on the Pop charts. It remained there for 30 weeks, beating out a rival cover version by a white band called The Hilltoppers.
In 1974, Ringo Starr covered this song for his album Goodnight Vienna, and it became a #1 hit on the US Adult Contemporary chart in early 1975. A guide vocal sang by John Lennon that had been left on the multitrack later appeared in 1998 on his Anthology box set. Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers made #95 on the Billboard charts with his 1969 version.
When the Platters track "The Great Pretender" (which eventually surpassed the success of "Only You") was released in the UK as Europe's first introduction to The Platters, "Only You" was included on the flipside.
Country singer Travis Tritt also recorded this song for an album.
[edit] Popular culture references
The song is included on the soundtracks of the films "American Graffiti" and "Mr. Destiny". Although barely discernable, "Only You" can be heard emanating from a 1950s-style radio in a scene from "Superman: The Movie". Charlie Sheen's character lip-synchs the song to Valeria Golino in the 1991 comedy spoof Hot Shots!
In the 1993 Mike Myers comedy film So I Married an Axe Murderer, the title character supposedly knows the words to the song in six different languages (played by Nancy Travis, who sings herself).
In the 1995 comedy Sgt. Bilko, Country music artist Travis Tritt sings it on the stage, the song is also shared between Steve Martin and Glenne Headly and becomes the song with which he uses to propose to her.
