English pop legend is set to release his first single in 12 years – after his smash-hit 1992 debut made him a household name

An English pop rock legend is set to release his first single in 12 years – after his smash-hit 1992 debut made him a household name.

Chesney Hawkes, 52, last released music in 2012 when he put out his third studio album, Real Life Love.

Son of Chip Hawkes, Chesney is  best-known for his first single The One And Only, written by Nik Kershaw.

The One And Only featured, along with Chesney, in 1991 British comedy-drama Buddy’s Song. 

The song was number one in the UK for five weeks and even reached the top-10 of the US charts.

Chesney Hawkes, 52, last released music in 2012 when he put out his third studio album, Real Life Love

Son of Chip Hawkes, Chesney is best-known for his first single The One And Only, written by Nik Kershaw

Now, Chesney is launching the ultimate comeback, in collaboration with Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga producer Jake Gosling.

Get A Hold Of Yourself will be released on September 18 and is available for pre-sale now. It hopes to approach the success of The One And Only, unlike its predecessors.

Chesney told The Sun of the track, which will play on Radio 2 on the same day: ‘It’s really strange experiencing this all again – three decades later and with three decades worth of growing up.

‘It’s taken a long time to feel confident enough to really throw myself back into a project but growing up and feeling much more comfortable and freer within myself has allowed that to happen.

‘That’s what Get A Hold Of Yourself is about – getting hold of yourself and being free and not giving a f**k what people think. I think people are going to be surprised that this is a Chesney track. I can’t wait for people to hear it and think they will be surprised by the video for it!

In April, Chesney revealed that he squandered £8.2million after finding such huge success aged just 19.

Speaking on the My Dirty Laundry podcast, Chesney revealed he burned himself out with ‘utter exhaustion’ due to his ‘crazy’ lifestyle.

Admitting he can relate to fellow stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, he urges young people in the industry to ‘be careful and make sure they don’t burn out like he did.’ 

Chesney’s new single Get A Hold Of Yourself will be released on September 18. It hopes to approach the success of The One And Only, unlike its predecessors

Chesney admitted: ‘I did that classic thing when I first made it of just blowing everything. I bought a state of the art studio. I bought everyone in my family a car. So yeah, we had fun. 

‘My brother Jodie is my drummer and he was with me through the whole time. And yeah, we enjoyed it, because we were young. We were 19 and 17, and we toured all over the world – America, Japan, it was an amazing time.

‘It was like living in the eye of a storm. So I had my family and the people around me in this kind of bubble, you know? 

‘I would be thrown into the hurricane and I’d be gone. And then I’m off to Sweden and then I’m off to New York. I never knew where I was waking up for that first year. It was mental. It was really crazy.’