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“One Way Ticket” by The Darkness
From the album One Way Ticket to Hell …and Back (2005)
“One Way Ticket” by The Darkness appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2005 and 2006. It was first released in 2005 on the album One Way Ticket to Hell …and Back. Its best result is #88 on The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #424 alternative song of 2005.
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"One Way Ticket" led the charge for One Way Ticket to Hell …and Back, the Darkness' second album, landing late in 2005 with a subject the band didn't bother to dress up: cocaine, the using and the craving. They even set the scene before the riff kicks in, with a pan flute solo and then the unmistakable sound of someone snorting coke.
Roy Thomas Baker produced, engineered and mixed it. Justin Hawkins sings lead and plays guitar alongside Dan Hawkins, with Richie Edwards on bass and Ed Graham on drums, and Edwards and Dan Hawkins stack up the backing vocals. The Hawkins pair wrote it with Frankie Poullain. It's glam rock played for maximum absurdity, right down to the sleeve: a British Rail ticket out of Lowestoft, the band's Suffolk hometown, wreathed in flames.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 91 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 303 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
| 2006 | 100 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 | 102 |
| 2006 | 88 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
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