The song was released for digital download on February 27, 2010[1] as the second single from Osment's debut extended play, All the Right Wrongs.

[3] The song was recorded by Osment while on the set of the hit Disney show, Hannah Montana.

Andrew Leahy, of Allmusic, stated that "After flirting with pop and country on her early recordings, Emily Osment underwent a rock & roll makeover for her debut EP, All the Right Wrongs."

They also went on to state that "Despite some fairly catchy songs, [Osment] never quite shakes [herself] free of the Disney machine: [she] embraces Auto-Tune, emphasizes overly polished production, and generally whittles away at the sharp teeth these tunes might've otherwise had.

Paul Schultz, by The trades stated that "an 80s-era arrangement on "You Are the Only One" that explores the flips and flops of teenage love.

[7] The director is known by working many artists as Nelly Furtado on the video "Do It" and the videography of the band Down with Webster and the singer Fefe Dobson.

At the end of the video, however, the boy is back with Emily, and he gives her a kiss and leads her out of the house, holding her hand.

[13] She also performed a set of songs on the local television station Orange Loung, Universal Citywalk,[14] and at a Walmart concert.