THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

260-David Guetta featuring Taped Rai-Just One Last Time (Tiesto Remix.)

2012-Number 20 single.

Best Bit-At 5.07. This is one of just a handful of songs on this countdown which has been chosen for it’s remix, and not for it’s original version.

When I first started buying records back in 1973 there was only a 7 inch single comprising an ‘A’ and a ‘B’ side (although a few EP’s would be released containing four or more tracks.) Around 1990 when the ‘CD’ format was taking over from vinyl, record labels were able to release more music onto each disc because of the longer playing time, although the powers that be would only allow around 20 minutes of music for it to be eligible for the singles chart. Dance music took advantage of this new opportunity and would produce several remixed versions of the same song by different music producers.

Pierre David Guetta (see also best songs 909 and 234) was born on November 7th, 1967, in Paris, France, with sales of over 100 million records he is one of the worlds best ever selling artists. In June 2021 he sold his recorded music catalogue for an amount somewhere in the region of between US$100 million, to US$150 million. David Guetta has an extensive discography, having released seven studio Albums between 2002-2018, there are also a further 11 compilation Albums released between 2003-2013, and 88 singles issued between 1990-2021. In the UK 39 of his singles have reached the top 40 with him as the lead artist, and a further four have charted with him as the featured artist, six of those songs have reached the Number 1 spot. In America on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, eight of his songs have reached the top 40, with ‘Without You’ featuring Usher from 2011, and ‘Turn Me On’ featuring Nicki Minaj also from 2011 both peaking at Number 4.

‘Just One Last Time’ was released as the second single from the deluxe edition of David Guetta’s fifth studio Album ‘Nothing but the Beat, 2.0, from 2011, and was written by David Guetta, Giogio Tuinfort, Tom Liljegren, and Alexander Ryberg. Liljegren and Ryberg who at that time performed together as ‘Taped Rai,’ also provided the vocals on the track, they are a Swedish vocal duo and currently perform together under their new name of ‘Max Elto.’

To my ears ‘Just One Last Time’ in it’s original form was just a run of the mill song until I heard this version remixed by ‘Tiesto’, there were four official remixes issued by various producers, as well as an extended version. Tiesto (see also best songs 368 and 29) was born on January 17th, 1969, in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands, many consider him the be the best DJ/producer of all time, he is affectionately known as the ‘Godfather of Electronic Dance Music,’ He has released seven studio Albums between 2001-2020, and 106 singles between 1994-2021. In the UK he has achieved 14 top 40 singles, collaborating with many other artists. In his home country of The Netherlands 25 of his singles have made the top 40, with three reaching Number 1.

‘Even though it hurts I can’t slow down. Walls are closing in and I hit the ground. Whispers of tomorrow echo in my mind, just one last time.’