"Only You"
Single by Yazoo
from the album Upstairs at Eric's
Released	May 1982 October 7, 1996 (CD reissue) August 23, 1999 (remix)
Format	7", 12" (1982) 12", CD (1999)
Recorded	1982
Genre	Synthpop
Length	3:12
Label	Mute Records
Producer(s)	Eric Radcliffe, Daniel Miller and Yazoo (1982) Eric Radcliffe and Yazoo (1999)
Peak chart positions
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Yazoo singles chronology
	"Only You" (1982)	"Don't Go" (1982)

"Only You" is a ballad written by musician Vince Clarke. He wrote it while with Depeche Mode, and offered it to them when he was leaving. They declined, and Clarke recorded it after forming the duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet. It was an instant success, hitting number two in the UK, and charting in the U.S. (number sixty-seven, Billboard Hot 100 and number thirty-eight Adult Contemporary), a feat only attained by one other Yazoo single. The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.) was a short-lived but highly successful English synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex that had a number of top ten hits in the British charts in the early 1980s. ... Dont Go was the final single from En Vogues debut album Born to Sing, it peaked at number three on the US R&B singles chart. ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. ... Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin, South Woodford, Essex, England, July 3, 1960) is an English pop musician and songwriter, who has been involved with a number of successful pop groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure. ... Depeche Mode are an electronic band formed in 1980 in Essex, England. ... Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.) was a short-lived but highly successful English synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex that had a number of top ten hits in the British charts in the early 1980s. ... Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet on 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer noted for her bluesy voice. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

A remix of "Only You" made the UK Top 40 again in 1999, while reaching number sixteen on the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The music video for the new version was created using the Houdini 3D animation software package.^[1] A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... Houdini is a high-end 3D animation package developed by Side Effects Software. ... 3D computer graphics are different from 2D computer graphics in that a three-dimensional representation of geometric data is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images. ...

Clarke's melody in the song "has a sweetly yearning quality, elegantly arranged by Clarke and producer E.C. Radcliffe in a fashion that links several different monophonic synths together to give the tune more depth and melodic substance" according to All Music Guide [1]. Moyet's vocals, they say, is a "perfectly understated vocal performance, soulful yet dignified in the manner of '70s soul star Ann Peebles, of Clarke's gentle and romantic lyrics." Eric Radcliffe (often credited as E.C. Radcliffe) is a recording engineer and producer who worked with the following new wave and synthpop bands in the early 1980s in Basildon England: Depeche Mode Yazoo The Assembly Erasure Categories: Stub ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Ann Peebles is an internationally acclaimed singer and songwriter best known for her popular Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the Hi Records label. ...

Cover versions

"Only You" has been covered by numerous artists, from both Spanish and English versions by Enrique Iglesias to an a cappella version by The Flying Pickets which outperformed the original on the UK singles chart by becoming the Christmas number one in 1983 spending five weeks at the top, also hitting the top of the German singles chart in 1984. Rita Coolidge also covered it in 1983 and reached number thirty-seven on the US Adult Contemporary chart with her version. Jocelyn Enriquez released a cover of the song in 1997. A version of the song appeared on Hawaiian singer Makana's 1999 self-titled album. Pop-punk band Even in Blackouts recorded it for their 2002 album, Myths and Imaginary Magicians. Joshua Radin released a cover of the song in 2005 as a bonus song on an album. A popular live version of the song was also recorded by Pete Murray. German group Lemon Ice released it as their second single in early 2007, creating another hit as well as a popular ringtone. Visitors to the iTunes music store can find covers by Bianca Graf, Bison Chips, David Mahr, Jan Wayne, Jodi Shaw, Joshua Radin, measureXmeasure, and SoCal VoCals. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish-born, Miami-based singer and multi-million-album seller. ... A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ... The Flying Pickets is a British a cappella vocal group, that had a surprise number one hit in 1983 in the UK singles chart, with their cover of Yazoos track - Only You. // The name Flying Pickets refers to mobile strikers who travel in order to join a picket. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945, in Lafayette, Tennessee) is an American singer. ... Jocelyn Enríquez is a dance singer from San Francisco (born December 28, 1974). ... Even in Blackouts, known occasionally by the acronyn EiB, are an acoustic pop-punk band from Chicago, Illinois. ... Joshua Radin began his artistic pursuits at an early age with art, acting and music. ... This article is about the singer and songwriter. ... The correct title of this article is . ... Jan Wayne, (b. ...

Use in other media

In 1988, "Only You" was used prominently as background music for the film version of The Chocolate War. Cover of The Chocolate War from the 1986 mass-market paperback edition, published by Laurel-Leaf Books. ...

In 1995, the Flying Pickets version of "Only You" was used in the last scene of the Wong Kar-Wai film, Fallen Angels. The Flying Pickets are an a cappella vocal group that had a hit with a cover of Yazoos Only You. ... Wong Kar-wai, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; Shanghainese Latin method: Wan Kawe; born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong-based film director known for his unique, highly visual style of romantic art films. ... Fallen Angels (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a 1995 Hong Kong movie written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis, Charlie Yeung and Karen Mok. ...

In 1997, "Only You" was used as the background music for the romantic climax of the Hollywood teen romp Can't Hardly Wait. The scene witnessed a kiss between actor Ethan Embry and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. Cant Hardly Wait is a 1998 romantic teen comedy film directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. ... Ed ONeill (left) as Det. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

In 2003, "Only You" was used as background music for the long-awaited emotional climax of the BBC television series, The Office during the programme's final episode. The main cast of The Office UK The Office is the title of two television situation comedy shows created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. ...

The song appears on the soundtrack to the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

In 2006, "Only You" appears on the soundtrack of the Japanese film Sugar&Spice. Sugar&Spice is a Japanese movie casted 2006, starring Yuya Yagira and Erika Sawajiri. ...

In 2007, a cover version performed by Joshua Radin is used in a JCPenny ad for Mother's Day. J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ... A celebratory Mothers Day cookie cake. ...

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Notes

1. ^ Moltenbrey, Karen (April 2002). Broadcast Retrospective 25th Anniversary: Part 4. Computer Graphics World. Accessed February 26, 2006.

References

• Billboard magazine. Artist Chart History - Yaz. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2006-02-26.
• Mute Records. Yazoo - Only You. Mute Records UK official website. Retrieved on 2006-02-26.
• Mute Records. Yazoo - Only You (1999 Mix). Mute Records UK official website. Retrieved on 2006-02-26.
• Zywietz, Tobias (March 22, 2005). Chart Log UK: Yanni - Yunus. Retrieved on 2006-02-26.