"One More Chance/Stay with Me (Remix)" | ||||
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Single by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige | ||||
Released | June 6, 1995 | |||
Format | 12" single, CD single, Cassette single | |||
Genre | Dirty rap, g-funk | |||
Length | 4:29 | |||
Label | Bad Boy/Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Mark DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge, Sean Combs, Christopher Wallace, Rashad Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Sean "Puffy" Combs and Rashad Smith (remix) | |||
The Notorious B.I.G. singles chronology | ||||
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"One More Chance" on YouTube |
"One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix)" is a song written and recorded by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., featuring additional vocals sung by his wife Faith Evans and an uncredited appearance by Mary J. Blige. It was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 31, 1995 and sold 1.1 million copies.
The original version of the song appears on B.I.G.'s album, Ready to Die. The remix features new lyrics, a new chorus, and a different beat than the original. There is also a "hip hop mix" which samples Marley Marl's "Droppin Science" (featuring rapper Craig G). Evans was an up-and-coming R&B artist at the time. The remix, produced by the Trackmasters [1] samples DeBarge's 1983 song "Stay with Me".
The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It was the highest debuting single of all time, tying with Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song "Scream" when it entered the Hot 100 at #5 at the time. (This record stood until later that year, when Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" debuted at number one.) It remained the highest debuting single for a rap song on the Hot 100 until Puff Daddy's tribute song "I'll Be Missing You" debuted at #1. (Lauryn Hill, Eminem and DJ Khaled would later equal this feat, with the former's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" entering in the top spot in 1998, the aforementioned with "Not Afraid" in 2010 and the latter with "I'm The One" in 2017.)