Something to Remember

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Something to Remember is the third compilation album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 7, 1995 by Maverick Records. It contains a collection of her greatest ballad hits with three new songs: "I Want You", "You'll See" and "One More Chance". It also contains a new remix version of the 1985 album track and Japanese single "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". The RIAA certified it gold and platinum on January 18, 1996 and three-times platinum on October 3, 2000, denoting 3 million shipments in the United States. Worldwide, the album has sold at least 8 million copies.[1].[2]

Album history

The studio album 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 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, and remixes were commissioned. However, plans for its release were eventually canceled because of the cold reaction.

"You'll See" (released as the first single) and "One More Chance" (released as a single in Europe and Australia) 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 Australia) 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".

The album is sometimes mistaken to be the follow-up to Madonna's first greatest hits album, The Immaculate Collection; the official second greatest hits album is GHV2. It features 2 songs in common with The Immaculate Collection, and only 1 song in common with GHV2.

As in 2004, in 1995, Madonna was a spokesperson of Versace, and the pictures of this compilation, whom the cover, were some of the Versace advertising campaign released in 1995. The album went on to sell over 9 million worldwide.

The original back cover to the album was a photograph of a magnolia flower, it was later changed in 1996 to a photo from the Versace shoot.

Track listing

# Title from the album Composers Production credits Time
1. "I Want You" (with Massive Attack) Previously Unreleased Leon Ware, Arthur Ross Nellee Hooper 6:23
2. "I'll Remember" 1 With Honors (Soundtrack) Patrick Leonard, Madonna, Richard Page Madonna and Patrick Leonard 4:23
3. "Take a Bow" Bedtime Stories Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Madonna Babyface and Madonna 5:21
4. "You'll See" Previously Unreleased Madonna, David Foster Madonna and David Foster
Arranged by Madonna and David Foster
Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:41
5. "Crazy for You" 1 2 Vision Quest (Soundtrack) John Bettis, Jon Lind John "Jellybean" Benitez
Arranged by Rob Mounsey		 4:05
6. "This Used to Be My Playground" 1 Barcelona Gold (compilation) Madonna, Shep Pettibone Madonna and Shep Pettibone 5:10
7. "Live to Tell" True Blue Madonna, Patrick Leonard Madonna and Patrick Leonard 5:52
8. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Remix) Like a Virgin Miles Gregory Niles Rodgers
Remix Produced, Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:54
9. "Something to Remember" I'm Breathless Madonna, Patrick Leonard Madonna and Patrick Leonard 5:04
10. "Forbidden Love" Bedtime Stories Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Madonna
contains a sample of "Down Here on the Ground" performed by Grant Green		 Nellee Hooper and Madonna 4:09
11. "One More Chance" Previously Unreleased Madonna, David Foster Madonna and David Foster
Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:28
12. "Rain" Erotica Madonna, Shep Pettibone Madonna and Shep Pettibone 5:29
13. "Oh Father" Like a Prayer Madonna, Patrick Leonard Madonna and Patrick Leonard 4:59
14. "I Want You" (Orchestral) (with Massive Attack) Previously Unreleased Leon Ware, Arthur Ross Nellee Hooper 6:04
15. "La Isla Bonita" (Japanese Bonus Track) True Blue Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Bruce Gaitsch Madonna and Patrick Leonard 4:02
16. "Verás" (Latin America bonus track) Previously Unreleased Madonna, David Foster, Spanish lyrics: Paz Martinez Madonna and David Foster
Arranged by Madonna and David Foster
Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:21

1 previously unavailable on a Madonna album.
2 "Crazy For You" was previously available on The Immaculate Collection in a 1990 QSound Mix version, but on Something to Remember it is the original album version, previously unavailable on a Madonna album.

Singles

# Title Date
1. "I Want You" October 1995 (Promo video only)
2. "You'll See" November 21, 1995
3. "Oh Father" December 25, 1995 (UK)
4. "One More Chance" March 7, 1996 (UK & Australia)
5. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Remix) March 19, 1996 (North America/Australia & France)

Certifications, Peaks & Sales

Country Peak Position Certification (If Any) Sales/shipments
Australia 4x Platinum[3] 280,000+
Austria 1 Platinum[4] 20,000+
Brazil Gold[5] 100,000+
Canada 2x Platinum[6] 200,000+
Finland 1 2x Plainum[7] 93,043+
France 3 2x Gold 200,000+
Germany 2 Platinum[8] 300,000+
Netherlands 19 Platinum[9] 100,000+
New Zealand 8
Norway 6
Poland Gold[10] 20,000+
Sweden 3 Platinum[11] 100,000+
Switzerland 3 Platinum[12] 50,000+
United Kingdom 3x Platinum[13] 900,000+
United States 6 3x Platinum[14] 2,100,000+[14]

References

  1. ^ AbsoluteMadonna.com - Album Charts & Stats
  2. ^ Madonna- Latest Madonna music, charts, awards, CDs, Confessions on a dancefloor, Madonna, American Life, Erotica, sales figures
  3. ^ ARIA
  4. ^ IFPI Austria
  5. ^ ABPD
  6. ^ CRIA
  7. ^ IFPI Finland
  8. ^ IFPI Germany
  9. ^ NVPI
  10. ^ ZPAV
  11. ^ IFPI Sweden - Hitlistan Top 60
  12. ^ IFPI Switzerland
  13. ^ BPI
  14. ^ a b Billboard – Ask Billboard
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