"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" or simply "One Way Ticket" is a song written by

Judy Rodman Judy Mae Rodman (née Robbins; May 23, 1951)California Birth Index, 1905-1995 is an American country music singer and songwriter. In the mid-1980s, she was a successful recording artist; making it all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot C ...

and Keith Hinton, 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, ...

artist

LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at age 13 with 1996's "Blue". She has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Chris ...

. It was released in September 1996 as the third single from the album ''

Blue Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when obs ...

''. The single made her the fourth teen-aged country music act to score a Number One single on the U.S. ''Billboard'' country music charts. It is also her only Number One country hit to date. According to one of the producers present at the song's recording session, Rimes recorded her vocals in only one take.

Music video

The music video was filmed in

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, and shows Rimes singing with a microphone, and taking in the city. One scene shows her singing on top of a cable car. Other San Francisco landmarks shown include the

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, Fisherman's Wharf, and Lombard Street, where her main performance scenes were filmed.

Critical reception

A review by ''

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'' stated "Less retro and traditional than her previous hit singles, Rimes' outing is a vibrant, uptempo number." *Note: page 94

Track listing

;CD single # One Way Ticket (Because I Can) - 3:42 #

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- 3:51

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1996 singles 1996 songs LeAnn Rimes songs Curb Records singles Songs written by Judy Rodman {{1996-country-song-stub