"One Voice" is a song written by

David Malloy David Ernest Malloy is an American country music and pop songwriter, record producer and A&R executive with 41 number one hits. He had received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and proj ...

and

Don Cook Don Kirby Cook (born May 25, 1949) is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Artists who recorded Cook's material include Barbara Mandrell, John Conlee, Mark Collie, Wade Hayes and Brooks & ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer Billy Gilman. It was released in May 2000 as the lead-off single and title track from Gilman's debut studio album '' One Voice''. The song became Gilman's first and only top 20 single on the ''Billboard''

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(now

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) chart as well as his only top 40 single on the all-genre ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Gilman was only 12 years old at the time of the song's release, making him the youngest male artist in history to have a solo top 40 hit on the country charts. "One Voice" was nominated at the

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for

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and Best Country Song for the songwriters, Don Cook and

Content

The song is about violence from the viewpoint of a child.

Music video

Directed by

Trey Fanjoy Trey Fanjoy is an American music video director. Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on CMT, VH1, GAC, The Nashville Network, CMT Canada, and MTV. She is the first woman to win the Country Music Asso ...

, the video shows Billy Gilman on the bus home from school and watches everything that goes on around him. At one point in the video, a boy holding a gun (shown earlier in the video) throws it in the river below the bridge, is a similar take on the line of the song.

Track listing

US CD single #"One Voice" #"'Til I Can Make It on My Own" UK CD single #"One Voice" #"Warm & Fuzzy" #"'Til I Can Make It on My Own" #"One Voice"

Chart performance

"One Voice" debuted at number 71 on ''Billboard''s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of May 27, 2000. When the song became a top 40 hit, Gilman became the youngest artist to chart a top 40 country hit, edging out Brenda Lee to become the youngest person to ever have a song on the country singles chart. The song also became a top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, reaching number 38.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2000 songs 2000 debut singles Billy Gilman songs Country ballads Songs written by Don Cook Songs written by David Malloy Song recordings produced by Don Cook Epic Records singles Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy Song recordings produced by David Malloy Song recordings produced by Blake Chancey {{2000s-country-song-stub