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"One Way Ticket" is the lead single from British rock band the Darkness' second studio album, One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back. It reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Its lyrics explicitly deal with cocaine use and addiction. The song contains frequent references to taking and being on cocaine, one of the reasons Justin Hawkins was admitted to rehab.

"One Way Ticket"
Single by the Darkness
from the album One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back
B-side	"Wanker" "Grief Hammer"
Released	14 November 2005 (2005-11-14)[1]
Genre	Glam rock, hard rock
Length	4:28
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain
Producer(s)	Roy Thomas Baker
The Darkness singles chronology
"Love Is Only a Feeling" (2004) "One Way Ticket" (2005) "Is It Just Me?" (2006)

The beginning of the song features a pan flute solo, then a noise of one snorting cocaine, before the starting riff begins. The cover art features a stylised British Rail Aptis ticket, taken from their hometown of Lowestoft, in Suffolk, surrounded by fire.

Track listings

• CD single[2]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
2. "Wanker" - 3:07

• Digital single 1[3]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
2. "Grief Hammer" - 3:12

• Digital single 2[4]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
2. "Wanker" - 3:07

• Digital download 1[5]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Full Explicit Version) - 3:41

• Digital download 2[6]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Radio Edit) - 3:29

• Digital download 3[7]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Clean Album Edit) - 3:38

• German CD single[8]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
2. "Wanker" - 3:07
3. "Grief Hammer" - 3:12
4. "One Way Ticket" (Music Video) - 3:45

• DVD single[9]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Music Video) - 3:45
2. "One Way Ticket" (Making of the Video) - 2:00
3. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
4. "Grief Hammer" - 3:12

• 7-inch vinyl 1[10]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
2. "Grief Hammer" - 3:12

• 7-inch vinyl 2[11]

1. "One Way Ticket" (Explicit Album Edit) - 3:42
2. "Wanker" - 3:07

Chart positions

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	36
Austrian Singles Chart	62
Danish Singles Chart	20
Finnish Singles Chart	14
German Singles Chart	75
Irish Singles Chart	22
Italian Singles Chart	17
New Zealand Singles Chart	15
Norwegian Singles Chart	19
Swedish Singles Chart	31
UK Singles Chart	8

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