One More Day (New Edition song)

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"One More Day"
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Single by New Edition
from the album Home Again
ReleasedMay 20, 1997
Recorded1996
Genre R&B
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper
Producer(s) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
New Edition singles chronology
"Something About You"
(1997)
"One More Day"
(1997)
"Hot 2Nite"
(2004)

"One More Day" is the fifth and final single from the Home Again album. [1] It was released in the US with a B-side featuring a Darkchild remix to "Something About You". Ricky Bell and Ralph Tresvant were the lead vocalists. All six members were featured as background vocalists.

Contents

Ricky Bell posted a tweet in 2017 about why he was the only one featured in the video, stating that the rest of the group "protested". [2]

Track listing

  1. One More Day (Single Edit without Dialogue) – 3:57
  2. Something About You (Dark Child Remixed Radio Version with Az Yet) – 3:31

Credits

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