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One Voice (Billy Gilman song)

"One Voice" is a song written by David Malloy and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released in May 2000 as the lead-off single and title track from Gilman's debut studio album One Voice. The song became Gilman's first and only top 20 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart as well as his only top 40 single on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

"One Voice"

"'Til I Can Make It on My Own"

May 27, 2000 (2000-05-27)

1999–2000

4:09

Gilman was only 12 years old at the time of the song's release, making him the youngest male artist in history to have a solo top 40 hit on the country charts.[1] "One Voice" was nominated at the 43rd Grammy Awards for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song for the songwriters, Don Cook and David Malloy.

Content[edit]

The song is about violence from the viewpoint of a child.

Music video[edit]

Directed by Trey Fanjoy, the video shows Billy Gilman on the bus home from school and watches everything that goes on around him. At one point in the video, a boy holding a gun (shown earlier in the video) throws it in the river below the bridge, is a similar take on the line of the song.