One More Time, One More Chance

"One More Time, One More Chance" (stylised as "One more time,One more chance") is a single by Japanese singer Masayoshi Yamazaki that was released on January 22, 1997, on the Polydor Japan label. It peaked on the Oricon weekly singles chart at No. 18 and charted for 24 weeks.

The song was originally used as a theme song in The Moon and a Cabbage, a 1996 film starring Yamazaki himself. It was later used as the ending theme song for the 2007 film 5 Centimeters per Second. As the song is played in a convenience store, the film's male lead, Takaki Tōno, recognizes it as a hit song since his junior high school. It was re-released on March 3 of that year under the label Nayutawave Records and reentered the chart at No. 52.

Track listing

All lyrics/music/vocals by Masayoshi Yamazaki

Cover versions

• Beni Arashiro released an English version of the song in track 5 of the album Covers on March 21, 2012. The English lyrics were literally translated from the original Japanese.
• Koda Kumi covered this song in Track 5 of her album Color the Cover in 2013.
• Akina Nakamori covered the song in her album "Belie" released in 2016 as well as an accompanying music video.
• Park Chanyeol from the K-pop group EXO made a cover of the song on September 25, 2016.
• Little Glee Monster covered the song in the album "Joyful Monster," released January 6, 2017.
• Astel Leda from the VTuber group Holostars released a cover of the song on December 7, 2020.

Personnel

Main

• Masayoshi Yamazaki (山崎 将義（まさよし）, Yamazaki Masayoshi) – lyrics, music, vocals
• Toshiyuki Mori – arrangement
• Kitaroh Nakamura (中村 キタロー, Nakamura Kitarō) – arrangement
• Tenmon (天門) – arrangement

Production

• Shinichi Takizawa (瀧沢 真一, Takizawa Shinichi) – recording engineer, mixing engineer
• Naoki Iwata (岩田 直樹, Iwata Naoki) – assistant engineer
• Yōichi Aikawa (相川 洋一, Aikawa Yōichi) – mastering engineer

Studio

• aLIVE Recording Studio (Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) – recording studio

Notes

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