"One Shot" is a song by English
boy band JLS
JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) are an English boyband, which consists of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill, originally formed by Williams. They initially signed to Tracklacers production company ...
. It was written by
Soulshock & Karlin
Soulshock & Karlin is a duo of Danish record producers and songwriters, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin. They have produced many successful songs, including Monica's " Before You Walk out of My Life", Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", JoJo ...
, Michael Warren, Brandon White, and Sean Hurley. It was released on 21 February 2010 as their third and final single from their
self-titled debut album (2009). The song reached the A-List on
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
's playlist, and reached number six in the United Kingdom, where it has so far sold 302,493 copies.
Critical reception
Digital Spy awarded the song 3 stars and said: "It's essentially a classic boyband ballad given some trendy, rave-tinged production - lyrics to please Louis Walsh, synth sounds to satisfy the Kiss FM playlist team. Decent enough then, but as with most of their album, it does make you wonder how far JLS might go with some really good tunes?"
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'' Chart blog gave the song a positive review stating "You've got to love a song with two tempos. I mean most songs have just the one. They begin, tick away the minutes, sometimes stopping, sometimes starting up again, but they really don't ever tend to deviate from their one central pulse. But this has got TWO. TWO! The opening verse is wafty and slow, Aston calmly explaining that he's got his eye on a special someone and he's trying to screw his courage up into a little ball so that he can go and ask her out. Then there's some ravey synth action, which is whizzy and fast and we're into the chorus, which is - and this is where the genius lies - BOTH OF THESE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME!"
'' on 23 January 2010. They performed the track on 10 February, on ''
'', before giving an interview. The single was also performed at ''
# "One Shot" (Radio Version #2) – 3:18
# "One Shot" (Kardinal Beats Radio Edit) – 3.42
# "One Shot" (Kardinal Beats Remix feat. Mr Damz) – 3.55
# "One Shot" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 6.49
# "One Shot" (Nu Addiction Remix) – 7:17