Writing this Exile hit was a group effort
This week in 1984: The Texas coastline was smothered in 5,000 tons of oil from a grounded British tanker; Congress approved an extra $70 million in aid to El Salvador; President Ronald Reagan signed a bill sanctioning religious or political gatherings in public schools after hours; and a band from Richmond, Ky., had their fourth hit record.
Some hit songs have been written in just a matter of minutes, while others took months or even years to complete.
According to Sonny Lemaire, Exile’s 1984 No. 1 “Give Me One More Chance,” took two or three hours to write. Lemaire commented, “We were fooling around with that kind of beat during rehearsal and that’s how that song got started. J.P. and I were actually looking for something to write about and Steve’s drumwork just sort of triggered the whole thing. J.P. Pennington and I are listed as writers on that song, but the whole group—our drummer Steve Goetzman, guitarist Les Taylor and keyboard man Marlon Hargis— actually contributed to that song.”
Exile’s Epic Records single “Give Me One More Chance” entered the country music charts Aug. 11, 1984, and was in the top spot on Nov. 17. It was their
fourth charted song and the group’s third No. 1.
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