"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.