One Voice (Barry Manilow album)

One Voice is the sixth studio album by singer/songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1979. It was recorded at United Western Studios and Allen Zentz Recording in Hollywood. The album was a signature of a minor decline in Manilow's success. It reached 2x platinum, not 3x platinum, as his past six albums did. The album only contained one top ten hit, "Ships", which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

For other uses of this term, see One Voice (disambiguation).
One Voice
Studio album by
Barry Manilow
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1979
GenrePop, easy listening
Length40:59
LabelArista
ProducerBarry Manilow, Ron Dante
Barry Manilow chronology
Greatest Hits
(1978)		 One Voice
(1979)		 Barry
(1980)

The title track was featured in a lengthy segment in an episode of the British comedy show Only Fools and Horses, "Fatal Extraction", where the show's central character Del Boy starts singing the song outside a block of flats late at night after he's been drinking, starting a riot.

The song "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" was sampled in the song "Superheroes" by Daft Punk in the album Discovery.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide link

Track listing

Music and lyrics written by Barry Manilow, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "One Voice" - 3:01
  2. "(Why Don't We Try) A Slow Dance" (Lyrics by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman) - 4:16
  3. "Rain" (Lyrics by Adrienne Anderson) - 4:48
  4. "Ships" (Ian Hunter) - 4:06
  5. "You Could Show Me" (Lyrics by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman) - 1:45
  6. "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Frank Loesser) - 3:54

Side two
  1. "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" (Lyrics by Marty Panzer) - 4:36
  2. "Where Are They Now" (Music by Richard Kerr, Lyrics by John Bettis) - 3:59
  3. "Bobbie Lee (What's the Difference, I Gotta Live)" (Lyrics by Enoch Anderson) - 3:32
  4. "When I Wanted You" (Gino Cunico) - 3:31
  5. "Sunday Father" (Lyrics by Enoch Anderson) - 2:51

CD Bonus tracks
  1. "They Gave In to the Blues" (non-LP B-side of "Ships") (Included on 1998 and 2006 remasters) - 2:59
  2. "Learning to Live Without You" (Demo - Included on 2006 remaster) - 3:46
  3. "Where I Want to Be" (Demo - Included on 2006 remaster) - 2:57
  4. "I Let Myself Believe" (Demo - Included on 2006 remaster) - 3:38

Charts
Chart (1979/80) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 9
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 64
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 18

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[2] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 191. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. "American album certifications – Barry Manilow – One Voice". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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