"I'm the One" is a song by

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band

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, released as a single in January 1964. It was a top-ten hit in the UK and also charted in the US.

Release

In 1963, Gerry and the Pacemakers became the first group to top the UK charts with their first three singles. For their fourth single, they decided to release a song penned by lead singer

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. However, it didn't manage to continue their chart-topping streak, as on all the major UK charts, it was held off the top by another Liverpudlian group,

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with " Needles and Pins". Whilst Gerry and the Pacemakers would only go on to achieve another two top-ten hits in the UK ("

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"), they did enjoy some success in North America as part of the

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; although, in the US "I'm the One" did not perform particularly well, failing to make the ''

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'' Top 100 and only peaking at number 82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "I'm the One" wasn't released on an album in the UK, but was included on ''Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying'' in the US. In March 1964, an EP entitled I'm the One was released in the UK featuring the title track, the single's B-side "You've Got What I Like", and two tracks from the album ''How Do You Like It?'', "You Can't Fool Me" and "Don't You Ever". The EP peaked at number 11 on the ''

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'' EP chart.

Charts

References

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