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'''''Something to Remember''''' is the third compilation album by pop singer [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], released on [[November 7]], [[1995]] by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. It contains a collection of her greatest ballad hits with three new songs: "[[I Want You (Madonna song)|I Want You]]", "[[You'll See]]" and "[[One More Chance (Madonna song)|One More Chance]]". It also contains a new remix version of the 1985 album track and Japanese single "[[Love Don't Live Here Anymore]]". It has sold an estimated 8 million copies worldwide<ref>[http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml]</ref><ref>[http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/]</ref>.
'''''Something to Remember''''' is the third compilation album by pop singer [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], released on [[November 7]], [[1995]] by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. It contains a collection of her greatest ballad hits with three new songs: "[[I Want You (Madonna song)|I Want You]]", "[[You'll See]]" and "[[One More Chance (Madonna song)|One More Chance]]". It also contains a new remix version of the 1985 album track and Japanese single "[[Love Don't Live Here Anymore]]". It has sold an estimated 8.5 million copies worldwide<ref>[http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml]</ref><ref>[http://www.world4madonna.com/charts/]</ref>.


==Album history==
==Album history==

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Something to Remember is the third compilation album by pop singer Madonna, released on November 7, 1995 by Warner Bros. 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". It has sold an estimated 8.5 million copies worldwide[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 10 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 Time
1. "I Want You"** with Massive Attack.
Writer(s): Leon Ware, Arthur Ross
Producer(s): Nellee Hooper		 6:23
2. "I'll Remember"* (Theme from the Motion Picture "With Honors")
Writer(s): Patrick Leonard, Madonna, Richard Page
Producer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard		 4:23
3. "Take a Bow"
Writer(s): Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Madonna
Producer(s): Babyface and Madonna		 5:21
4. "You'll See"**
Writer(s): Madonna, David Foster
Producer(s): Madonna and David Foster
Arranged by Madonna and David Foster, Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:41
5. "Crazy for You"* (from the Motion Picture "Vision Quest") [Single Version]
Writer(s): John Bettis, Jon Lind
Producer(s): John "Jellybean" Benitez
Arranged by Rob Mounsey		 4:05
6. "This Used to Be My Playground"* (from the Motion Picture "A League of Their Own")
Writer(s): Madonna, Shep Pettibone
Producer(s): Madonna and Shep Pettibone		 5:10
7. "Live to Tell" (from the Motion Picture "At Close Range")
Writer(s): Madonna, Patrick Leonard
Producer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard		 5:52*
8. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore (Remix)"
Writer(s): Miles Gregory
Producer(s): Niles Rodgers
Remix Produced, Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:54
9. "Something to Remember"
Writer(s): Madonna, Patrick Leonard
Producer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard		 5:04
10. "Forbidden Love"
Writer(s): Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Madonna
Producer(s): Nellee Hooper and Madonna
contains a sample of "Down Here On The Ground" performed by Grant Green		 4:09
11. "One More Chance"**
Writer(s): Madonna, David Foster
Producer(s): Madonna and David Foster
Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:28
12. "Rain"
Writer(s): Madonna, Shep Pettibone
Producer(s): Madonna and Shep Pettibone		 5:29
13. "Oh Father"
Writer(s): Madonna, Patrick Leonard
Producer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard		 4:59
14. "I Want You (Orchestral)"** with Massive Attack.
Writer(s): Leon Ware, Arthur Ross
Producer(s): Nellee Hooper		 6:04
15. “La Isla Bonita”+
Writer(s): Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Bruce Gaitsch
Producer(s): Madonna and Patrick Leonard		 4:02
16. “Verás”++
Writer(s): Madonna, David Foster, Spanish lyrics: Paz Martinez
Producer(s): Madonna and David Foster
Arranged by Madonna and David Foster, Engineered and Mixed by David Reitzas		 4:21

(+) available only on the Japanese Edition as a bonus track
(++) available only on Latin American Edition as a bonus track, previously unavailable on a Madonna album
(*) previously unavailable on a Madonna album
(**) new tracks/remix, previously unreleased

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. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  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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