One More Chance

Single

Released as a single in March 1996, after appearing on Something to Remember in November 1995, One More Chance gave Madonna’s ballads collection one of its most stripped-back and regretful moments. Written and produced by Madonna and David Foster, and mixed by David Reitzas, the song turns away from grand production in favour of acoustic guitar, cello and a direct vocal line. Where You’ll See is about survival after love, One More Chance looks at the same emotional territory from the other side: apology, loss and the painful wish to undo what has already happened.

Single: One More Chance
Album: Something to Remember
Album release: November 1995
Single release: March 1996
Written by: Madonna, David Foster
Produced by: Madonna, David Foster

One More Chance works as one of Madonna’s quietest singles, and that restraint is its strength. It does not chase drama with excess; it lets regret sit plainly in the room. As part of Something to Remember, it deepens the collection’s purpose by showing Madonna not only as survivor, but as someone capable of doubt, remorse and emotional stillness. The song may be modest in scale, but it has a clean, wounded honesty: a small candle of a ballad, burning where the spotlight used to be.