One Word

"One Word"
Single by Kelly Osbourne
from the album Sleeping in the Nothing
Released	April 19, 2005
Format	CD-Single
Recorded	2004
Genre	Dance
Label	Sanctuary Records
Producer	Linda Perry
Kelly Osbourne singles chronology
Changes (2004) One Word (2005) Redlight (2005)

"One Word" is the first single from Kelly Osbourne's second album Sleeping in the Nothing. Unlike the pop/punk sound Kelly sported in the past, "One Word" was a synth-pop song that showed Kelly embracing dance music. The single sounded very reminiscent of the 1980s Visage song "Fade to Grey", which caused some controversy over copyright issues, which was finally settled out of court when Osbourne's writing team agreed to give Visage a share of the royalties.

Curiously, Italian pop singer Tiziano Ferro, who in recent years has been accused of plagiarising a R. Kelly song for one of his tracks, during summer 2006 released as a single a song called Stop! Dimentica, a song which is basically an unauthorized Italian version of the Visage track. It also has some lyrical resemblances with Osbourne's One Word, since both songs talk about "one word", about "breaking the silence", "lies that told great stories" and others.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

The song received a positive reaction from music fans and even some of Osbourne's harshest critics. On the track, Billboard said "she glides through the space-age number like she's the princess of the new wave dancefloor."^[1] Similarly, Malinda Lo said the track "eases you in with a spacey, synthesized intro" and "makes use of computer assistance in the best possible way".^[2] Brian Hiatt with Rolling Stone remarked, "Turns out her affectless vocals are better suited to...Eurythmics-biting synth-pop."^[3] And while the single wasn't a hit on the US Hot 100, it was extremely successful in the US dance charts and was consistently played at nightclubs across the nation thanks in part to a remix by acclaimed DJ Chris Cox. In the UK the original track reached #9.

Video

The video to the song, directed by Chris Applebaum, is shot in black and white and are based on several themes and scenes from the French cult sci-fi movie Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965) by Jean-Luc Godard.

Tracks

1. One Word (Chris Cox Remix)
2. One Word (Mike Rizzo Mix)
3. One Word (Album Version)
4. One Word (Favela Funk Remix)
5. One Word (Instrumental)
6. Sound of the Crowd

Charts