# Something to Remember
**Something to Remember** is a ballads compilation album by the American singer Madonna, released on 7 November 1995 by Maverick and Warner Bros. Records.[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) • [2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/16ab35a8-0d67-4b85-8bea-63ae6fcc51d0) It gathered her most notable down-tempo numbers from the first decade and a half of her career and added three newly recorded songs.[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 7 November 1995 (United States); German release 3 November 1995[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) • [3](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/3560f4d8-6604-369b-b8d4-dc951c40ac85) |
| Labels | Maverick and Warner Bros. Records, catalog number 9 46100-2[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/16ab35a8-0d67-4b85-8bea-63ae6fcc51d0) |
| Format | 14-track CD running 1:11:07[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/16ab35a8-0d67-4b85-8bea-63ae6fcc51d0) |
| US chart performance | Billboard 200 peak at No. 6; 34 weeks on the chart[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) |
| International peaks | No. 1 in Australia; top five in most other countries; UK entry on 18 November 1995[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) • [4](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/madonna-something-to-remember/) |
| Certification | RIAA: 3x Platinum[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) |
| New material | "I Want You" (with Massive Attack), "You'll See", and "One More Chance"[5](https://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-madonna-something-to-remember) |
## Concept and background
The album was released only a year after Madonna's *[Bedtime Stories](https://www.edgepedia.org/bedtime-stories-madonna-album)* and was devised to spotlight the softer side of her catalog.[5](https://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-madonna-something-to-remember) In the liner notes she wrote that so much controversy had swirled around her career in the preceding decade that little attention had been paid to her music.[6](https://lib-www.jsu.edu/archives/chanticleer/1998/Chanticleer-March-12-1998.pdf) A contemporary campus review noted that it was her first release without what it called trend-setting lewdness in the music or lyrics.[7](https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/14405/udr_122_23.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1)
Unlike a standard greatest-hits set, the collection focused on ballads and love songs rather than dance singles, and included material that had never appeared on a Madonna album before.[5](https://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-madonna-something-to-remember) Only two of its tracks overlap with her 1990 hits compilation *The Immaculate Collection*.[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-to-remember-r431248)
## Songs and production
The 14-track sequence opens with **"I Want You"**, a cover of the [Marvin Gaye](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvin-gaye) song recorded with [Massive Attack](https://www.edgepedia.org/massive-attack) and produced by Nellee Hooper; an orchestral version closes the album as track 14.[2](https://musicbrainz.org/release/16ab35a8-0d67-4b85-8bea-63ae6fcc51d0) The other two new recordings, "You'll See" and "One More Chance", were written and produced with [David Foster](https://www.edgepedia.org/david-foster).[5](https://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-madonna-something-to-remember)
Several songs were appearing on a Madonna album for the first time: "This Used to Be My Playground" and "I'll Remember", the latter the theme from the motion picture *[With Honors](https://www.edgepedia.org/with-honors-film)*, had previously been available only as singles or soundtrack tracks.[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-to-remember-r431248) The tracklist also includes earlier ballads such as "Crazy for You", "[Live to Tell](https://www.edgepedia.org/live-to-tell)", "Oh Father", and "Rain", and a reworked version of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" from her debut album.[5](https://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-madonna-something-to-remember) • [9](https://sisterray.co.uk/collections/madonna/products/madonna-something-to-remember-vinyl) The title track had originally appeared on *I'm Breathless*, her album of songs from and inspired by the film *Dick Tracy*.[10](https://digitalcollections.drew.edu/DHSI/TheAcorn/1996/19960209-reduce.pdf)
## Chart performance and reception
In the United States the album peaked at [No. 6](https://www.edgepedia.org/no-6) on the Billboard 200 and spent 34 weeks on the chart, and it was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA.[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) It reached No. 1 in Australia and placed in the top five in most other countries.[1](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember) In the United Kingdom it entered the Official Albums Chart on 18 November 1995.[4](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/madonna-something-to-remember/)
AllMusic observed that the disc marked the first album appearance of "This Used to Be My Playground" and "I'll Remember" and that its minimal overlap with *The Immaculate Collection* kept it from duplicating that set.[8](https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-to-remember-r431248) A retrospective noted that the album lifted sales of a Madonna release to levels not seen since *The Immaculate Collection* while reminding critics and fans that she was still capable of broadly appealing, solid pop rather than music aimed at a smaller group of aficionados.[11](https://talkaboutpopmusic.com/2020/12/12/review-something-to-remember-madonna/) Album of the Year's review found that placing her ballads apart from her more attention-getting dance music reinvigorated them, which it called what a good best-of compilation is supposed to do.[12](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/45851-madonna-something-to-remember.php)
## Later releases
The album has remained in circulation on physical formats; a 180-gram vinyl edition has been sold through reissue channels, and a vinyl LP version is listed in Warner Music's Madonna catalog alongside other reissues.[13](https://www.discrepancy-records.com.au/madonna-something-to-remember-180-gram-vinyl-lp) • [14](https://wmc.shop/collections/madonna)
## References
1. [Something To Remember – Icon Community, Madonna.com](https://www.madonna.com/products/something-to-remember)
2. [Release "Something to Remember" by Madonna, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/16ab35a8-0d67-4b85-8bea-63ae6fcc51d0)
3. [Release group "Something to Remember" by Madonna, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/3560f4d8-6604-369b-b8d4-dc951c40ac85)
4. [SOMETHING TO REMEMBER – MADONNA, Official Charts](https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/madonna-something-to-remember/)
5. [Doing a 180: Madonna, Something to Remember, Rhino](https://www.rhino.com/article/doing-a-180-madonna-something-to-remember)
6. [The Chanticleer, March 12, 1998, Jacksonville State University](https://lib-www.jsu.edu/archives/chanticleer/1998/Chanticleer-March-12-1998.pdf)
7. [The Review, November 21, 1995, University of Delaware](https://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/14405/udr_122_23.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1)
8. [Madonna: Something to Remember Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-to-remember-r431248)
9. [Something To Remember, Sister Ray](https://sisterray.co.uk/collections/madonna/products/madonna-something-to-remember-vinyl)
10. [The Acorn, February 9, 1996, Drew University](https://digitalcollections.drew.edu/DHSI/TheAcorn/1996/19960209-reduce.pdf)
11. [REVIEW: 'Something To Remember' – Madonna, Talk About Pop Music](https://talkaboutpopmusic.com/2020/12/12/review-something-to-remember-madonna/)
12. [Madonna – Something to Remember, Album of The Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/45851-madonna-something-to-remember.php)
13. [Madonna Something To Remember 180g Vinyl LP, Discrepancy Records](https://www.discrepancy-records.com.au/madonna-something-to-remember-180-gram-vinyl-lp)
14. [Madonna, Warner Music Canada](https://wmc.shop/collections/madonna)
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