One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song)
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| “One More Chance / Stay With Me (Remix)” | |||||
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| Single by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige from the album Ready to Die |
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| Released | June 9, 1995 | ||||
| Format | 12" single CD single Cassette single |
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| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 4:43 | ||||
| Label | Bad Boy | ||||
| Writer(s) | The Notorious B.I.G. | ||||
| Producer | The Bluez Brothers, Chucky Thompson & Sean "Puffy" Combs, Track Masters (remix version) | ||||
| The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans & Mary J. Blige singles chronology | |||||
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"One More Chance / Stay With Me Remix" is a song by The Notorious B.I.G. which features Faith Evans singing the chorus with additional vocals from Mary J. Blige. Faith was an up and coming R&B artist at that time, who eventually became Biggie's wife. The remix samples DeBarge's 1983 song "Stay With Me", also used by Big L in his song M.V.P. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
It was certified platinum by RIAA on July 31, 1995[1].
The original version appears on Biggie's album, Ready to Die. The remixes appears on the single. The Hip Hop Mix features a new chorus and faster beat from the original, both being performed by R&B/New Jill Swing group, Total.The sample for the Hip Hop Mix comes from the Marley Marl and Craig G classic remix " Droppin Science." "The What" features Method Man.
Aaliyah, Da Brat, Puff Daddy, TLC and Total made cameos.
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[edit] Versions
One More Chance (Feat. Total) - The original, appears on Ready To Die and has a darker theme and copious amounts of cursing.
One More Chance / Stay With Me (Remix) (Feat. Faith Evans) - Appeared on the single and the popular version. A Music Video was made for this song.
One More Chance (Hip Hop Remix) (Feat. Total) - Also appeared on the single and uses the verses from the Stay With Me remix except the beat and chorus is different. Also appears on the clean version of Ready To Die (instead of the original) Samples Lou Donaldsons Who's Making Love?
Want That Old Thing Back (Feat. Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant) - Appears on Greatest Hits and the bonus disc of Duets: The Final Chapter, has a different beat, the chorus is by Tresvant and features a verse by Ja Rule. Uses Biggie's verses from the original One More Chance.
Only One Thing (Feat. Lil' Kim) - Appears on Mick Boogie's "Unbelievable" mixtape and has a chorus and verse by Kim and uses Biggies first verse from the original One More Chance.
Foolish/Unfoolish - A single by Ashanti. The song samples "Stay With Me" by DeBarge so it uses the same beat as the One More Chance / Stay With Me Remix. A Remix, Unfoolish, was made which features Biggies first verse from "Fucking You Tonight" as the 3rd verse. Unfoolish appears on "We Invented The Remix Vol. 1"
[edit] Tracklists
[edit] 12" Vinyl Single
[edit] A-Side
- One More Chance / Stay With Me (Radio Edit 1) (4:15)
- One More Chance (Hip Hop Mix) (5:05)
- One More Chance / Stay With Me (Radio Edit 2) (4:35)
- One More Chance (Hip Hop Instrumental) (5:08)
[edit] B-Side
- One More Chance (Hip Hop Radio Edit) (4:24)
- The What (Radio Edit) (4:08)
- One More Chance / Stay With Me (Instrumental) (4:35)
[edit] CD Single
- One More Chance / Stay With Me (Radio Edit 1) (4:17)
- One More Chance (Hip Hop Mix) (5:07)
- One More Chance / Stay With Me (Radio Edit 2) (4:37)
- The What (Radio Edit) (4:00)
[edit] Cassette Single
[edit] Side One
- One More Chance (Radio Edit 1)
- One More Chance (Hip Hop Radio Edit)
- The What (Radio Edit)
[edit] Side Two
- One More Chance (Hip Hop Mix)
- One More Chance (Radio Edit 2)
| Preceded by "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" by Monica |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single June 24, 1995 |
Succeeded by "Boombastic" by Shaggy |
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