"The Only One I Know" was a single from The Charlatans. It was their first top-ten hit, reaching #9 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. It was the highest-charting single from the Some Friendly

Some Friendly

Some Friendly is the debut album by the English band The Charlatans , released in 1990 ....

album. Its best showing in the US was on the Modern Rock chart, where it reached #5 in September 1990. The song was included as a track on the influential compilation album Happy Daze

Happy Daze (Madchester album)

Happy Daze is a compilation album of songs linked to the Madchester music genre distributed by Island Records in 1990.-Influence:The Madchester sound had been developing during the later 1980s, from its nascent jangy sounds originally showcased on the NME's classic C86 cassette...

. A funk

Funk

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-styled cover version with vocals by Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

 appeared on Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson

Mark Daniel Ronson is an English DJ, guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. He currently works with his band under the music alias of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl....

's 2007 album Version

Version (album)

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In 2010, the song was used in a TV advert for Cadbury's chocolate.

The song contained lines directly lifted from The Byrds

The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. The band underwent multiple line-up changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group disbanded in 1973...

' 1967 song "Everybody’s Been Burned."