Only 1

Only 1Song by Ariana Grande
General information
Artist	Ariana Grande
Release date	August 25, 2014
Recorded	October 2013
Studio	Vietom Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B
Length	3:13
Albums	My Everything, Sweetener World Tour Live
Label	Republic Records
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Brown, Travis Sayles, Victoria McCants, Dennis Jenkins, Ariana Grande
Producer(s)	TBHits, Travis Sayles
Credits	Only 1 credits
My Everything track list
"Bang Bang"
"Only 1"
"You Don't Know Me"

"Only 1" is the fourteenth track and second bonus track from the deluxe edition from Ariana Grande's sophomore album, My Everything. Grande released a preview of the song on March 17, 2014 while doing a livestream. It was released through Republic Records on August 25, 2014.

A live version of this song is featured on the Sweetener World Tour Live album which was released on December 22, 2019.

Live performances

Grande performed "Only 1" live for the first time at The Sweetener Sessions on August 25, 2018 in Los Angeles. She also performed it on the one-hour special, Ariana Grande at the BBC, recorded on September 7, 2018 and aired on November 1.

Although the song wasn't part of Grande's The Honeymoon Tour and Dangerous Woman Tour, it's part of Grande's Sweetener World Tour setlist, starting in first show in London where she removed Get Well Soon and replaced the song with this.

Trivia

• This was confirmed as the first recorded song for the album.
• This is Grande’s first song containing a number in the title.
• This is Grande's first deluxe edition song.
• This song contains a sample from Biz Markie's "Male The Music With Your Mouth Biz".
• Grande said "Only 1" is in her top 5 favorite songs from My Everything.

Lyrics

[Intro]
I want you, I want you
I want you, I want you
I want you, I want you
Let me introduce myself
Let me introduce myself
Let me introduce myself

[Verse 1]
Lookin' in your eyes makes me wonder how
I got so much time with you and there's more around
I know all the competition that's after you
So I get to thinking, is this too good to be true?

[Pre-Chorus]
That we’re living in a fairytale, no malice & no lies
Baby, ooh, it's hard to believe
That the love you have inside is only mine
That's how I know

[Chorus]
I can't be your only 1
No, I can't be your only 1
'Cause you look twice as good as anyone Iever met
And your love is 3 times better
How could anyone forget?
No, I can't
I can't be your only 1
No, I can't be your only 1
'Cause you look twice as good as anyone I ever met
And your love is 3 times better
How could anyone forget?
No, I can't

[Verse 2]
As I'm layin' down with you every night
It still gets to me, that you remain by my side
I ain't saying that I'm not deserving you
But I was dreaming bigger than I ever knew when I

[Pre-Chorus]
Wished for living in a fairytale, no malice & no lies
Baby ooh, it's hard to believe
That the love you have to give is only mine
That's how I know

[Chorus]
I can't be your only 1
No, I can't be your only 1
'Cause you look twice as good as anyone Iever met
And your love is 3 times better
How could anyone forget?
No, I can't
I can't be your only 1
No, I can't be your only 1
'Cause you look twice as good as anyone I ever met
And your love is 3 times better
How could anyone forget?
No, I can't

[Outro]
Only 1
Be your only 1
Only 1