Give Me One Reason

Give Me One Reason

Infobox Single
Name = Give Me One Reason


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Artist = Tracy Chapman
Album = New Beginning
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Released = 1995
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Recorded = 1995
Genre = Rock/Blues
Length = 4:32
Label = Elektra Records
Artist = Tracy Chapman
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Last single = "Dreaming on a World"
(1992)
This single = "Give Me One Reason"
(1995)
Next single = "New Beginning"
(1996)
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"Give Me One Reason" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released on her 1995 album "New Beginning". It is also Chapman's biggest hit to date, reaching #3 on the US Hot 100.

Lyrics/style

The song is a classic twelve bar blues, both in musical structure and the repeated lyrics in each verse and chorus. It is the story of an ending relationship, and a plea from the narrator to her partner for the partner to convince her to remain, to "give me one reason to stay here, and I'll turn right back around." At the end of the song, the partner is apparently given voice for the last line, "said I told you that I loved you, and there ain't no more to say."


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