„One Night Only” is a song from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics written 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 dance version by her former bandmates Deena Jones & the Dreams — compete on the radio and the pop charts. Details
It’s known as Jennifer Hudson‘s song, but now we have the Alice Bottomley version, which, I think, is better. My sister Arena Minda says that Jennifer is better. We brought them both. What do you think?
1. Alice Bottomley’s version:
You want all my love and my devotion
You want my love and soul, right on the line
I have no doubt that I could love you, forever
The only trouble is, you really don’t have the time
You’ve got one night only, one night only
That’s all you have to spare
One night only
Let’s not pretend to care
One night only, one night only
Come on, big baby, come on
One night only
We only have ’til dawn
In the morning this feeling will be gone
It has no chance going on
Something so right has got no chance to live
So let’s forget about chances, it’s one night I will give
One night only, one night only
You’ll be the only one
One night only
Then you have to run
One night only, one night only
There’s nothing more to say
One night only
Words get in the way
One night only
One night only
One night only
2. Jennifer Hudson’s version:
Composed by: Henry Krieger / Tom Eyen One Night Only lyrics © TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
