One Night Only (song)
| "One Night Only" | |
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| Single by Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Loretta Devine | |
| from the album Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album | |
| B-side | "When I First Saw You" (by Sheryl Lee Ralph and Ben Harney) |
| Released | 1982 |
| Format | Vinyl 7" Single |
| Recorded | 1982 |
| Genre | Show tune, soul |
| Length | 3:42 |
| Label | Geffen |
| Writer(s) | Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger |
| Producer(s) | David Foster |
| "One Night Only" | |
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| Single by Deena Jones and the Dreams | |
| from the album Dreamgirls | |
| Released | August 15, 2006 |
| Format | Digital download |
| Recorded | The Underlab, Los Angeles: December 2005 |
| Genre | Disco |
| Length | 3:23 |
| Label | Music World, Columbia |
| Writer(s) | Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen |
| Producer(s) | The Underdogs, Ritchie Jones |
"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.
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.
In 2006, Dreamgirls was adapted by writer and director Bill Condon into a motion picture for DreamWorks SKG and Paramount. 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 and 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 the latter version, produced by Eric Kupper and Richie Jones, was issued by Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records as a single from the Dreamgirls film soundtrack on August 15, 2006, four months before the release of the film. American rapper Lil Wayne later sampled Hudson's version for his song of the same name
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