Only Once to Only You

I knew all the time I should shut up and listen …

“Only Once,” Maria McKee
“Only One,” Terry Taylor
“Only Ones Who Know,” Arctic Monkeys
“Only the Good Die Young,” Billy Joel
“Only the Lonely,” Alison Cipris
“Only the Strong,” Midnight Oil
“The Only Time,” Nine Inch Nails
“Only Trust Your Heart,” Astrud Gilberto
“Only Us,” Peter Gabriel
“Only You,” Joshua Radin
“Only You,” Vitaminsforyou
“Only You,” Yazoo

A complete stranger could probably look at this tiny alphabetical slice of my music collection and peg my exact age within a year or two. Yeah, I’m old — old enough not just to remember Yazoo, but to remember them so fondly that I’ve collected cover versions of their hits.

Another cover song above is Allison Cipris’ version of the Motels song (which I’m lacking) and not the Roy Orbison song (which I’m also lacking). Here’s Orbison, with one of the all-time great backup bands, performing his song in T-Bone Burnett’s concert film “A Black and White Night.”