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“The Only One” by The Cure
From the EP Hypnagogic States EP (2008)
“The Only One” by The Cure appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations in 2008. It was first released in 2008 on the EP Hypnagogic States EP. Its best result is #77 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #402 alternative song of 2008.
The Cure ended more than three and a half years without a single when "The Only One" came out on Geffen in the UK on 13 May 2008, a week ahead of America, the first taste of their thirteenth album, 4:13 Dream. It had been road-tested well before that: the band premiered it at a festival in Mountain View, California on 7 October 2007, played it in Mexico City the following week, and called it "Please Project" until early in the 2008 European tour.
Robert Smith wrote the words and shares the music with Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson and Jason Cooper, and he produced it with Keith Uddin. Exclaim! heard something that could have slipped out of the sessions for Wish, their uplifting 1992 album. It reached 48 in the UK, with the non-album "NY Trip" on the B-side.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 93 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008 | 106 |
| 2008 | 77 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008 | 105 |
| 2008 | 102.7 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 91 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2008 | 107 |
| 2008 | 99 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 92 | KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA | KSLG Top 94 of 2008 | 94 |
| 2008 | 85 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 | 88 |
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