"Gotta Be the One" was a 1976 single for Maxine Nightingale. It became a hit for her that year, charting in the United States and New Zealand. Background "Gotta Be the One" was written and produced by Pierre Tubbs. Maxine Nightingale recorded the song which was backed with "Can't Get Enough" and released in the UK on United Artists UP 36086. It was released in the US on United Artists UA XW820 Y.Record World, June 26, 1976 - Page 1 (Front cover) HITS OF THE WEEK, SINGLES, MAXINE NIGHTINGALE, "GOTTA BE THE ONE"Ultratop - Maxine Nightingale – Gotta Be The One
Reception "Gotta be the One" was reviewed by Record World the week of 26 June 1976. In addition to mentioning how the phenomenal success of "Right Back Where We Started From" was a surprise to Maxine Nightingale, this similarly styled follow up with its emotive vocal should take her right back into the charts.Record World, June 26, 1976 - Page 1 (Front cover) HITS OF THE WEEK, SINGLES, MAXINE NIGHTINGALE, "GOTTA BE THE ONE"
For the week of 3 July, "Gotta Be the One" was one of Dede Dabney's three Ditties to Watch.Record World, July 3, 1976 - Page 42 SOUL TRUTH By DEDE DABNEY, DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: Airplay Canada For the week of 26 June, as shown in RPM Weekly, "Gotta Be the One" had charted at CKAR in Huntsville,RPM Weekly, Volume 25 No. 13 - June 26 1976 - Page 21 HUNTSVILLE CKAR (Scott Warnock), CHARTED, • Gotta Be The One-Maxine Nightingale where it was a Hitmaker. It was also a Hitmaker at CKNX,RPM Weekly, Volume 25 No. 13 - June 26 1976 - Page 22 THE HITMAKERS, SCOTT WARNOCK (CKAR), Gotta Be The One-Maxine Nightingale; JONA TERRY (CKNX), Gotta Be The One-Maxine Nightingale where it was also playlisted.RPM Weekly, Volume 25 No. 13 - June 26 1976 - Page 25 ADULT RADIO ACTION, CKNX (Jona Terry), * Gotta Be The One -Maxine Nightingale
United States For the week of 3 July, the MOR Report in Record World showed that "Gotta Be the One" by Maxine Nightingale was one of the three most added singles.Record World, July 3, 1976 - Page 34 The MOR Report, Most Adds
As reported by Billboard in the magazine's 17 July issue, "Gotta Be the One" was one of nineteen songs added to BMI's million performance list. As described in the article, when a song has an average length of three minutes reaches the million-performance level, it has had radio airplay of more than 50,000 hours.Billboard, July 17, 1976 - Page 6 Add To Million-Play List
For the week of 23 July, "Gotta Be the One" made its appearance at no. 25 in the Gavin Report Adult Contemporary Programming chart.The Gavin Report, THE GAVIN REPORT #1107 July 2, 1976, WEEKLY SUMMARY - (7/23/76) -3- Adult Contemporary Programming, (Associate Editor, Ron Fell), Top Thirty, LW --., TW 25. GOTTA BE THE ONE-Maxine Nightingale
Charts United States For the week of 10 July 1976 "Gotta Be the One" debuted at no. 124 on the Record World 101 - 150 Singles chart.Record World, July 10, 1976 - Page 28 101 THE SINGLES CHART 150, JULY 10, 1976, JULY 10 124, JULY 3 -, GOTTA BE THE ONE MAXINE NIGHTINGALE-United Artists XW820 Y (Unart, BMI) For the week of 14 August, the single peaked at no. 102.Record World, August 14, 1976 - Page 26 101 THE SINGLES CHART 150, AUGUST 14, 1976, AUG. 14 102, AUG. 7 104, GOTTA BE THE ONE MAXINE NIGHTINGALE-United Artists XW820 Y Unart, BMI)Record World, August 21, 1976 - Page 25 101 THE SINGLES CHART 150, AUGUST 21, 1976, AUG 21 197, AUG 14 102, GOTTA BE THE ONE MAXINE NIGHTINGALE-United Artists XW820 Y Unart, BMI)
For the week of 17 July. "Gotta Be the One" debuted at No. 49 in the Billboard Easy Listening Top 50.Billboard, July 17, 1976 - Page 37 Billboard Top 50 Easy Listening, This Week 49, NEW ENTRY, GOTTA BE THE ONE, Maxine Nightingale, United Artists 820 (Unart, BMI) It debuted at No. 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Billboard, July 17, 1976 - Page 60 Billboard HOT 100, THIS WEEK 78, NEW ENTRY, GOTTA BE THE ONE - Maxine Nightingale For the week of 7 August, "Gotta Be the One" peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.Billboard, August 7, 1976 - Page 27 Billboard Top 50 Easy Listening, This Week 22, Last Week 26, Weeks on Chart 4 It held that position for another week.Billboard, August 14, 1976 - Page 51 Billboard Top 50 Easy Listening, This Week 22, Last Week 22, Weeks on Chart 5Billboard, August 21, 1976 - Page 23 Billboard Top 50 Easy Listening, This Week 40, Last Week 22, Weeks on Chart 6 For the week of 14 August, the single peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Billboard, August 14, 1976 - Page 80 Billboard HOT 100, THIS WEEK 53, LAST WEEK 55, WEEKS ON CHART 5, GOTTA BE THE ONE - Maxine Nightingale
The single reached No. 84 on the Cash Box Singles chart.Ultimate70s.com - Song: "Gotta Be The One"
New Zealand It was a hit in New Zealand where it spent eight weeks in the charts, peaking at No. 19.Official Aotearoa Music Charts - 28 GOTTA BE THE ONE Maxine Nightingale, Last week: 19, Peak: 19, Weeks: 5Ultratop - Maxine Nightingale – Gotta Be The One
References
External links Discogs - Maxine Nightingale – Gotta Be The One WJMTV channel, Nov 22, 2010 - Maxine Nightingale - Gotta Be The One (audio) Retroj channel, Dec 25, 2010 - Maxine Nightingale - Gotta Be The One (1976) (video) daveinprogress3 channel, Apr 24, 2018 - MAXINE NIGHTINGALE Gotta Be The One TV CLIP (BW video, live vocals) (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Antony W.P. channel, Jan 21, 2024 - Maxine Nightingale - Gotta Be The One, live 1976 (video)