"The Only One" is a single by the British band The Cure which was released on 13 May 2008 on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom.

The single was produced by Robert Smith and Keith Uddin, and peaked at No.

The song debuted live on 7 October 2007 in Mountain View, California at a festival and was also played in Mexico City the next week.

[6] In an early review on their website, Canadian music magazine Exclaim!

They went on to add that Smith sounds "happier than ever" and that the song is a return to the form that produced many of their Top 40 hits.