"One Way Ticket" is the lead single from

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

rock band the Darkness' second studio album, '' One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back''. It reached number eight on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

. Its lyrics explicitly deal with

cocaine Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly recreational drug use, used recreationally for its euphoria, euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from t ...

use and addiction. The song contains frequent references to taking and being on cocaine, one of the reasons

Justin Hawkins Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and YouTube personality best known for being the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of The Darkness. He was influenced by rock bands of the 1970s and 1 ...

was admitted to rehab. The beginning of the song features a pan flute solo, then a noise of one snorting cocaine, before the starting riff begins. The cover art features a stylised

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

Aptis ticket, taken from their hometown of

Lowestoft Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the most easterly UK settlement, it is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and sou ...

, in

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

, surrounded by fire.

Track listings

* CD single # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Wanker" - 3:07 * Digital single 1 # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Grief Hammer" - 3:12 * Digital single 2 # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Wanker" - 3:07 * Digital download 1 # "One Way Ticket" (Full Explicit Version) - 3:41 * Digital download 2 # "One Way Ticket" (Radio Edit) - 3:29 * Digital download 3 # "One Way Ticket" (Clean Album Edit) - 3:38 * German CD single # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Wanker" - 3:07 # "Grief Hammer" - 3:12 # "One Way Ticket" (Music Video) - 3:45 * DVD single # "One Way Ticket" (Music Video) - 3:45 # "One Way Ticket" (Making of the Video) - 2:00 # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Grief Hammer" - 3:12 * 7-inch vinyl 1 # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Grief Hammer" - 3:12 * 7-inch vinyl 2 # "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42 # "Wanker" - 3:07

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control 2005 singles 2005 songs Atlantic Records singles The Darkness (band) songs Song recordings produced by Roy Thomas Baker Songs about drugs Songs written by Dan Hawkins (musician) Songs written by Frankie Poullain Songs written by Justin Hawkins