Something to Remember
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| Something to Remember | ||
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| Compilation album by Madonna | ||
| Released | November 7, 1995 November 10, 1995 (JA) |
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| Recorded | 1994 - 1995 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 71:08 | |
| Label | Maverick / Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Nellee Hooper, Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Babyface, David Foster, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Shep Pettibone, Nile Rodgers | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Madonna chronology | ||
| Bedtime Stories (1994) |
Something to Remember (1995) |
Evita: Music From The Motion Picture (1996) |
Something to Remember is Madonna's second compilation album and eleventh recording. A collection of her greatest ballad hits, the compilation also included three new songs: "I Want You", "You'll See" and "One More Chance".
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[edit] Album information
Bedtime Stories had already proven that Madonna had calmed down a bit after the raunchy Erotica period. With the release of Something to Remember she took it a step further and used her new-found serenity to release a collection of her best ballads. Several of the songs selected for Something to Remember came from movie soundtracks and some had not appeared on a Madonna album before.
There were three new songs on the album. Madonna worked again with producer Nellee Hooper on the song "I Want You" (which was recorded together with Bristol-based trip-hoppers Massive Attack). The song is a cover version of the classic Marvin Gaye song and it was first released on a various artists sampler Inner City Blues. "I Want You" was slated to be released as a single; a video was even shot for it. However, plans for its release were eventually canceled. "You'll See" (released as the first single) and "One More Chance" (released as a single in Europe) were the album's two other new songs which were written and produced by Madonna and David Foster. Other singles from the album were a remix of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (only released in the U.S.) and "Oh Father" (exclusively for the UK). The video of "You'll See" was a sequel to the video for the previous album's "Take A Bow".
The Japanese version of the album contained "La Isla Bonita" as a bonus track, while the bonus track on the Latin American and Spanish version was "Verás", the Spanish version of "You'll See". Another point is that the cover is a former Versace campaign released in 1995, and Madonna uses the unused photographs to create this cover.
[edit] Track listing
- I Want You – 6:23
- I'll Remember – 4:23
- Take A Bow – 5:21
- You'll See – 4:41
- Crazy For You – 4:05
- This Used To Be My Playground – 5:10
- Live To Tell – 5:52
- Love Don't Live Here Anymore (remix) – 4:54
- Something to Remember – 5:04
- Forbidden Love – 4:09
- One More Chance – 4:28
- Rain – 5:29
- Oh Father – 4:59
- I Want You (orchestral) – 6:04
- "La Isla Bonita" only on Japanese Edition
- "Veras" only on Latin American Edition
[edit] Singles
| # | Title | Date |
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| 1. | You'll See | November 1995 |
| 2. | "Oh Father" Re-Release | December 1995 U.K. & France |
| 3. | One More Chance | March 1996 U.K. & Australia |
| 4. | Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Remix) | March 1996 North America/Australia & France |
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1995) | Peak Position |
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| Australia albums chart | 1 |
| Austria albums chart | 1 |
| Canada albums chart | 4 |
| Finland albums chart | 1 |
| France albums chart | 3 |
| Germany albums chart | 2 |
| Mexico albums chart | 2 |
| Norway albums chart | 6 |
| Portugal albums chart | 2 |
| Spain albums chart | 6 |
| Switzerland albums chart | 3 |
| UK albums chart | 3 |
| USA Billboard 200 | 6 |
[edit] Certifications
Note: Certifications are based on the number of shipped copies and not the number of copies sold.
| Country | Certification |
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| Australia | 4x Platinum |
| Austria | Platinum |
| Brazil | Platinum |
| Canada | 2x Platinum |
| Finland | 3x Platinum |
| France | 2x Gold |
| Germany | Platinum |
| Italy | 4x Platinum |
| Mexico | Platinum |
| Nederlands | Platinum |
| Poland | Gold |
| Singapore | 7x Platinum |
| South Africa | Gold |
| Spain | Gold |
| Sweden | Platinum |
| Switzerland | Platinum |
| UK | 3x Platinum |
| USA | 3x Platinum |
[edit] References
- "Chart Performance of Madonna Records - A Compiled History". MoCaW: Chart History. link - last accessed December 24, 2005.
- "Madonna Tribe News: PierPinto's Charts Updates". Madonna Tribe. link - last accessed December 24, 2005.
