| Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty) | |
| Cover: | Sophie B. Hawkins Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty) 1996 single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sophie B. Hawkins |
| Album: | Whaler |
| B-Side: | Did We Not Choose Each Other |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 4:06 (single version) 5:05 (album version) |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Stephen Lipson |
| Prev Title: | Did We Not Choose Each Other |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Lose Your Way |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, which was released in 1996 as the fifth and final single from her second studio album Whaler (1994). The song was written by Hawkins and produced by Stephen Lipson. "Only Love" peaked at No. 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1] The song's music video was directed by Bonnie Hoffenberg.
For its release as a single, "Only Love" was remixed, much to the disapproval of Hawkins. She told Steve Morse of The Boston Globe in 1996, "I said, 'You've taken all the soul out of the song.' It makes me want to get in there and say, 'What is the matter with you?' People say I shouldn't talk about this, but I'd rather be truthful. The artist is the one who changes the world, not the industry."[2]
On its release as a single, Larry Flick of Billboard described "Only Love" as a "charming sing-along ditty". He felt the chorus is "rife with earnest references to the residual effects of sharing love" which Hawkins "delivers with sweet sincerity".[3]
Only Love (The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty)
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