One Night Only (song)

"One Night Only"
Promotional single by Beyoncé, Anika Noni Rose & Sharon Leal from the album Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture
Format	Digital download
Recorded	The Underlab, Los Angeles: December 2005
Genre	Disco
Length	8:28 4:08 (short edit)
Label	Music World, Columbia
Writer	Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen
Producer	The Underdogs Ritchie Jones
Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture track listing
"I Meant You No Harm"/"Jimmy's Rap" (14) "One Night Only" (15) "One Night Only (Disco)" (16)

"One Night Only" is a song from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger. In the context of the musical, "One Night Only" is performed twice in succession, as differing versions of the song - a soul ballad by the character Effie White and a disco version by her former bandmates Deena Jones & the Dreams - compete on the radio and the pop charts.

Song information

Both versions of "One Night Only" appear as one track on the original 1982 Dreamgirls Broadway cast album, performed by Jennifer Holliday as Effie and Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, and Deborah Burrell as Deena Jones & the Dreams. "One Night Only" was later covered on album by Elaine Paige and Sylvester. Actor Hugh Jackman performed the song while hosting the 2004 Tony Awards ceremony, in a large production number featuring girl groups from the musicals Caroline, or Change, Hairspray, and Little Shop of Horrors.

Dreamgirls was adapted by writer/director Bill Condon into a motion picture for DreamWorks SKG and Paramount in 2006. For this version, the two versions of "One Night Only" were performed by Jennifer Hudson as Effie and Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, and Sharon Leal as Deena Jones & the Dreams. R&B production team The Underdogs served as the producers of "One Night Only" and the other songs from the film's score. A club remix of Deena's version of the song, produced by Eric Kupper & Richie Jones, was issued by Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records as a promo single for the Dreamgirls film soundtrack in August 2006, four months before the release of the film. The song was also sampled by Lil Wayne for his version of "One Night Only". The dance crew Breaksk8 danced to this song on America's Best Dance Crew as a part of their Broadway Challenge. The Korean pop quintet, Wonder Girls performed a cover version of the song during their 1st Wonder Tour. John Barrowman covered the song on his self-titled album John Barrowman.

Charts

"One Night Only" in the version performed by Deena Jones & the Dreams entered the UK Singles Chart at #67 on September 6, 2009 based on downloads alone. Renewed interest after an audition performance by Rozell Phillips, 21 on the reality TV show The X Factor meant that the song made its only appearance in the UK top 100 songs three years after it was initially released. "One Night Only" is the second highest charting song from the modern cinematic version of Dreamgirls behind only Beyoncé's "Listen" (although "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" has also since garnered more interest after performances by Nicole Lawrence, Danyl Johnson (also on The X Factor) and Amber Riley on Glee.)^[1]

Track list and remixes

House mixes EP^[2]

1. One Night Only (Eric Kupper & Richie Jones Club Mix Edit) - 4:06
2. One Night Only (Eric Kupper & Richie Jones Club Mix) - 8:27
3. One Night Only (Eric Kupper & Richie Jones Club Mix Instrumental) - 8:27
4. One Night Only (Film Version) - 3:23
5. One Night Only (Film Version Instrumental) - 3:24

Other releases

1. One Night Only (Dance Mix) - 6:08

from the extended soundtrack edition of Dreamgirls. This is an extended edit of the Eric Kupper and Richie Jones remix version.

Cover Versions

• Scherrie Payne, a member of The Supremes from 1973-77, recorded a 12" single 6:35 duration, on the San Francisco label MEGATONE in 1984. It was a big hit in gay discos of the era, and featured Cindy Birdsong on background vocals.

• Treyc Cohen performed the song when she was in the Bottom 2 on the 3rd Live Show of the seventh series of The X Factor

References

1. ^ "Deena Jones & The Dreams - One Night Only". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=34522. Retrieved 2010-09-18. 
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