258:), and was released as the album's first single in January 2004. In addition to becoming a number-eight hit in her native Norway, it was Mena's breakthrough hit internationally, charting within the top 40 in Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand. It was also her first single released in the United States, where it rose to number 86 on the
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reviewed "You're the Only One" in early 2004, writing that the single "lives up to expectations" and calling it "irresistible".
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