One More Chance (Notorious B.I.G. song)

"One More Chance / Stay with Me Remix" is a hit song by The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...

, featuring Faith Evans

Faith Evans

Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...

, with additional uncredited vocals from Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...

. It was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 31, 1995.http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp

The original version of the song appears on B.I.G.'s album, Ready to Die
Ready to Die
Ready to Die is the debut album of American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released September 13, 1994 on Bad Boy Records. The first release on the label, it features production by record producer and Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs, Easy Mo Bee, Chucky Thompson, DJ Premier, and Lord Finesse,...

. The Remix features a new chorus and faster beat than the original. There is also a "Hip Hop Mix" which samples Marley Marl

Marley Marl

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's "Droppin Science" (featuring rapper Craig G

Craig G

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). Evans, who was an up and coming R&B artist at the time, eventually became Biggie's wife after the Remix version was recorded. Incidentally, Evans and Blige co-wrote two songs for Blige's 1995 album, My Life
My Life (Mary J. Blige album)
My Life is the second studio album from American R&B and soul singer Mary J. Blige, Released by Uptown/MCA Records on November 29, 1994. Recording sessions for the album began in fall of 1993 and ended almost one year later. Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige's...

("I Never Wanna Live With You", "Don't Go"), and B.I.G. rapped on Blige's songs for her What's the 411? Remix
What's the 411? Remix
-Chart performance:- References :...

album ("What's the 411?" and "Real Love

Real Love (Mary J. Blige song)

"Real Love" is a 1992 hit single by hip hop soul singer Mary J. Blige. It was the second single off Blige's debut album, What's the 411?. Written and produced by Mark C. Rooney and Mark Morales and built off a drum sample from hip hop duo Audio Two's 1988 track "Top Billin'"...

"). The remix samples DeBarge

DeBarge

DeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and later gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 and 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.-Background:Hailing from...

's 1983 song "Stay with Me

Stay with Me (DeBarge song)

"Stay With Me" is a song performed by popular Motown recording group DeBarge issued on their popular 1983 album, In a Special Way.-Song information:...

". The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

chart. It was the highest debuting single of all time tying Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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and The Beatles

The Beatles

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when it entered the Hot 100 at #5 at the time. 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

I'll Be Missing You

"I'll Be Missing You" is a Grammy Award-winning song and hit single recorded by Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Christopher "Notorious B.I.G" Wallace who was murdered on March 9, 1997...

debuted at #1. (Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

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and Eminem

Eminem

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would equal this feat with Doo Wop (That Thing)

Doo Wop (That Thing)

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and Not Afraid

Not Afraid

Not to be confused with Eminem's Not AfraidNot Afraid is the debut studio album by Christian pop rock singer Stephanie Smith. It was released on May 27, 2008 through Gotee Records...

)

Ready to Die Version

The version that is on Ready to Die
Ready to Die
Ready to Die is the debut album of American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released September 13, 1994 on Bad Boy Records. The first release on the label, it features production by record producer and Bad Boy founder Sean "Puffy" Combs, Easy Mo Bee, Chucky Thompson, DJ Premier, and Lord Finesse,...

features R&B trio Total

Total (band)

Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records imprint during the 1990s.-Emergence & Total:...

instead of Faith Evans. It samples "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.

Grover Washington, Jr.

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and features an interpolation of "I Want You Back

I Want You Back

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" by The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5

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on the chorus.

Lil' Cease

Lil' Cease

James Lloyd, is an American rapper and member of hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A..Cease's first album release was Conspiracy with the Junior M.A.F.I.A in 1995....

's niece provides the voice of the child on Biggie's answering machine. His sister and her friends played the various women who leave messages.

The original beat of the original version has a sample of DeBarge's "All This Love" and it can be found on DJ Semi's Ready to Die: The OG Version.

Other versions

"One More Chance" / "Stay With Me (Remix)" (Feat. Faith Evans

Faith Evans

) - The official remix to the original version. Appears on the single and the popular version. A music video was made for this song. The video was directed by Hype Williams and features appearances by Total

Total (band)

Total was an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records imprint during the 1990s.-Emergence & Total:...

, Luther Campbell

Luther Campbell

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, Heavy D, Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

, Faith Evans

Faith Evans

, Da Brat

Da Brat

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, Jermaine Dupri

Jermaine Dupri

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, D-Nice

D-Nice

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, Patra

Patra (singer)

Patra is a reggae singer. In her beginnings as a Female Dancehall deejay in the late 1980s, she used the stage name, Lady Patra...

, Miss Jones

Miss Jones

Tarsha Jones, better known as Miss Jones, is a former R&B artist and radio personality. Miss Jones is currently the host of the Power 99 morning show "Jonesy In The Morning" after previously working for Hot 97 until 2008.-Early life:...

, Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

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, Craig Mack

Craig Mack

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, Tyson Beckford

Tyson Beckford

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, Aaliyah

Aaliyah

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, Changing Faces, Kid Capri

Kid Capri

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, Zhane

Zhane

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, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Sean Combs

Sean Combs

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.

"One More Chance (Hip Hop Remix)" (Feat. Total) - Also appears 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 Donaldson's "Who's Making Love?".

"Want That Old Thing Back" (Feat. Ja Rule

Ja Rule

Jeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla"...

& Ralph Tresvant

Ralph Tresvant

Ralph Tresvant , aka Rizz, is an American tenor singer, best known as one of the lead singers in New Edition.-New Edition:Tresvant sang lead on many of the New Edition lead singles including "Candy Girl", "Cool It Now" and "If It Isn't Love"...

) - Appears on Greatest Hits and the bonus disc of Duets: The Final Chapter
Duets: The Final Chapter
Duets: The Final Chapter is a remix posthumous album featuring hip hop icon The Notorious B.I.G.. The album was released by Bad Boy Records on December 20, 2005 and charted at #3 selling 438,000 copies, beaten by the extremely high sales of Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable and Mary J Blige's The...

, 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

Lil' Kim

Kimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A.....

) - Appears on Mick Boogie

Mick Boogie

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's Unbelievable mixtape and has a chorus and verse by Kim and uses Biggie's 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 Biggie's first verse from "Fucking You Tonight" as the 3rd verse. "Unfoolish" appears on We Invented The Remix Vol. 1
We Invented The Remix Vol. 1
We Invented the Remix is a remix album by P. Diddy with the Bad Boy Family, released on May 14, 2002. It features remixes of hit singles by artists from Diddy's Bad Boy Records record label. The album reached the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart for a week and was later certified Platinum...

and Ashanti's first album

Ashanti (album)

Ashanti is the self-titled debut studio album by American R&B singer Ashanti, released by Murder Inc. and Island Def Jam on April 2, 2002 in North America and April 8, 2002 in United Kingdom...

.
"One More Chance" / "The Legacy (Remix)" (Feat. Faith Evans

Faith Evans

& CJ Wallace (B.I.G.'s son)) - The official remix to the "Stay With Me" remix. Appears on the soundtrack of Notorious B.I.G.'s biopic Notorious
Notorious (2009 film)
Notorious is a 2009 American biographical film about the life of iconic hip hop star The Notorious B.I.G. who is played by Jamal Woolard. The film co-stars Angela Bassett as his mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Sean Combs, and Anthony Mackie as Tupac Shakur...

.

This song played as tribute to Biggie in the Up In Smoke Tour, which was in 2000. Snoop Dogg announced that Biggie was his homeboy, wishing the two had a better relationship, before he passed. Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre played this song as homeage to Biggie.

"M.V.P" - A single by Big L

Big L

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. This song samples "Stay With Me" by DeBarge and has the same meter and cadence as "One More Chance". It was released 2 months earlier and was produced by Lord Finesse

Lord Finesse

Lord Finesse is a Hip hop artist and producer, hailing from The Bronx, New York, best known as the leader of the D.I.T.C. rap crew.- Career :...

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles	1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	23

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)

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)

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)

Side one

One More Chance (Radio Edit 1)
One More Chance (Hip Hop Radio Edit)
The What (Radio Edit)

Ready to Die Version

Other versions

Peak positions

End of year charts

A-Side

B-Side

CD Single

Side one

See also