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"One More Night"
#1 weeks: 2
weeks: 1985-03-30, 1985-04-06
genre: pop
artist: Phil Collins
album: No Jacket Required
producers: Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
label:
formats: 7", 12"
lengths: 4:51

"One More Night" is the first single from Phil Collins' third album, No Jacket Required. It has also been released as the eleventh track on the 1998 compilation album, Hits (Phil Collins album), as well as the third track on the 2004 compilation album, Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New. "One More Night" was Phil Collins' second U.S. number-one single, following "Against All Odds", and was his fourth single to reach the top ten in the UK, peaking at number four on the singles chart.

Collins was playing around with his drum machine when he started saying the chorus of the song. He later recalled that "The rest of the song was written very quickly." The video features Collins playing the piano in a downtown bar. The music video for the song was filmed at a pub owned by Richard Branson in London (much like the video for Sussudio). Its B-side in the UK was "I Like the Way", while the U.S. received "The Man with the Horn".

Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Timesoriginally disliked the song "One More Night", but later praised the song, saying that "Collins' soulful but polite vocal style is also capable of capturing the pain of going through yet one more night without her." Isaac Guzman of the New York Daily News said that the song brought about "snuggle-inspiring tenderness".

However, Keegan Hamilton of the Riverfront Timessaid that the song was the worst track on the album, saying that "The album's introspective slow jam wallows in self-pity." "It's minimalist, as far as the '80s go, relying mostly on a shaker, a crisp drum machine and echoing keyboards. It ends with a saxophone solo so smooth that I can't believe it's not butter," adds Keegan.

The song has also been an occasional cover song for ex-Veruca Salt frontwoman, Nina Gordon during live appearances. An extended version of the song appeared on the 12"ersalbum.

Dancehall artist, Busy Signal, also has a covor to this song and converted it with a reggae spin to it.