One of the greatest love songs of all time!! Every man’s dream to have a woman look at him like this, I had lots of loves in my life but never had a woman look at me like this….lucky Herb Albert!!!😘😘

If you don't like it. It's about a womans love for her husband and child. And you are a stupid M.F. ing idiot

Lyp-synched...

You would never ever see this on any award show today, sadly!

I’m not even that deeply religious these days, which is not to say I don’t believe. And every time I watch or hear this it takes me somewhere very special!

Knowing her sad fate makes this song heart wrenching. A gorgeous voice and a lady who never bothered with all that veneer crap that so many entertainers fall for. She was genuine, real and her angelic voice reflected her true character.

❤We Love ❤️ You Karen ❤️ Carpenter ❤

Still Listening 🎶 Love ❤️ You Two 2024❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

Wow. Not heard this song in like 15 years. What a damn good song. Love it. Thx who put on here❤

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I love this version of the song. Her voice is like velvet.

This brings so memories i wish i was a bit younger i am now 64 years old

Great record love it so much l love you herb albert

They were amazing!! 🙌💖😢

I've never heard the words to this song only heard people whistle i they probably didn't know the words either 😂😂

Great video-excellent montage.

A longtime CARPENTERS fan, I just (July 7, 2024) had the opportunity to do something special which most fans of a song/recording don't get to do: communicate with one of the people who created it, ask a few questions about it, and--most importantly--thank them personally for it. In this case, that person wasn't Richard Carpenter although I'm grateful to have been able to communicate with him twice in the past too. The person was the songwriter, Lewis Anderson, a gentleman who has had a successful music career in Los Angeles and Nashville and who wrote ONE MORE TIME in his twenties. He's a Guitarist and told me he wrote the song on Guitar. Richard and Karen heard the song because the opening act ahead of them while on tour--a solo performer named Denny Brooks and a friend of Lewis'--was performing it. Lewis wrote both the music and the lyrics and Richard's arrangement is apparently very faithful to the original. I have a few thoughts to share about this particular song, which is also one of my personal favorites, both among CARPENTERS songs but also among all songs that I know. (Other favorites are OVER THE RAINBOW, THE WARMTH OF THE SUN, DESPERADO, HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE, etc.) With ONE MORE TIME, Lewis wrote a masterpiece in song. The music and lyrics are both of the highest quality and they work incredibly well together. Everything is heartfelt and beautiful--the chord progression, the Vocal melody, the imagery and sentiment of the lyrics, the universal appeal, and (as I told Lewis) the length is just right too. Richard Carpenter's arrangement is gorgeous; Karen's performance is captivating; and their joint execution is rather akin to the ease and liberties which are fruitfully taken when performing art songs in classical music--where everything is meticulously planned and done precisely but also naturally and expressively. Nothing Lewis needed to say in his lyric was left out or said inefficently. In terms of their sonance, his words also SING WELL. My own favorite bits of his phraseology are "And no one need really know that I've been gone" and "when love was all we had." I'm so glad that several people have posted the full lyrics in this comments section. I'm a musician myself and dabble in songwriting/lyricwriting enough to be able to recognize the earmarks of great song lyrics I encounter, and this song has them. One of the reasons this song works so well for Karen is that the tone of what's said is heartfelt, honest, clear, and full of human appeal. A hallmark of really great lyrics too is that, depsite the shortness of songs, they often make you mull them over and thus allow you to gain new insights about what they mean or imply. For example, until I watched this video tonight it never occurred to me that "Well, I'll just close the door and turn out all the lights" might be a reference to someone DREAMING about their hometown while asleep instead of sitting in an easy chair, letting go of their stress, and just PICTURING the same thing in their mind's eye while awake. But of course, it could happen either way though more reliably and predictably while awake. What a GREAT premise for a song: remembering your childhood home town and the people in it and feeling grounded by that amid the crazy/stressful life of an adult. And the Chorus is so spot-on: "One more time for the good times that far outweigh the bad…one more time for the good times when love was all we had." Such well-chosen expression is just rich ground for the audience's imagination and empathy, and it works so very well for the singer/protagonist. For anyone who's wondering, while Karen and Richard grew up in Connecticut, Lewis Anderson DID grow up in Louisiana and so the song is autobiographical in at least that respect. Some songwriters will get very autobiographical in their lyrics for certain songs and others will only use personal history/experience as a convenient point of departure and then write (mostly) fiction but fiction borne of personal acquaintance, and so such lyrics are only 'loosely' autobiographical. However autobiographical he was being or not being in this song, Lewis said it incredibly well and we all understand exactly the emotion he's captured for us and which Karen sings about so believably. For those of you who are Guitarists or Pianists, I have an experiment for you to try sometime: Find online or figure out the chords for a favorite song like this one and JUST PLAY THE CHORDS at the appropriate tempo; the underlying emotional landscape of the song will still be there with just the chords. Add the melody to them and the emotion becomes more directed, focused, and involving. Add the lyrics to those elements and the emotion becomes defined by specific imagery provoked by the words; the experience becomes visual too (in the imagination). I'm a huge admirer of Lewis' chord progression in this song; it runs the length and breadth of the available harmonic resources to create great emotional depth and it integrates perfectly with the facile melody Lewis wrote (the man must have an incredible ear). The twice-repeated "When love was all/When love was all/When love was all we had" in the second Chorus boosts the emotion even more at that critical point in the song and that repetition is original to the song as Lewis wrote it too. I KNOW Richard Carpenter has a phenomenal ear and so he wouldn't have chosen this wonderful song in the first place if it didn't have all these fine features within it already. Like actors, I suppose, who portray a beloved characters and who then get 'credit' for everything about said character because they supply the face and voice for them, performing artists often get much of the creidit for an effective song like this one. Karen and Richard indeed certainly deserve it, but so does Lewis Anderson, whose mind and heart got there first and made it possible for THE CARPENTERS to amplify the effect for us in their own ways a bit later. So please, when you next enjoy listening to this recording again, remember too the name of Lewis Anderson, who gave us all this terrific song.

Just Superb

We all know the brother is a parasite. Look at his eyes. He got rich.

Lani Hall is the best,second to none,even to Karen Carpenter

My sister loved this song when she was a teenager. I miss her so much. 😢

Etrange histoire que celle de cette chanson : mais quelle beauté !! La piste enregistrée par Karen , était sensée n'être qu'un guide pour le travail des musiciens ! Magique !!

I grew up in the 1950s and helped a lot on Grandpa's farm. He always listened to Gospel and Country music. He would hum along but I listened to the stories the songs told. Like this married couple. There were more and some were shocking, like "Hang Down your head Tom Dooley" poor boy you're going to die! What? Yes there was another about a man killing his cheating wife and her lover, hiding their bodies in a mountain but he was going to die because he can't find his way back. There were a lot about cheating Hank Williams Your Cheating Heart" etc. does anyone really listen to these words? I mean great songs but scary stories.

maravilhosa ,porque sera que o que e bom dura pouco

This is one of the most beautiful and sad songs ever, sung so beautifully by a beautiful lady with a voice that will never be equaled,it always brings a tear to my eyes thinking of the tragic circumstances surrounding poor karens demise

Such an amazing voice R.I.P Karen we miss you xxx

Mum died on the 19th 0f june.. my dad sang this to her.

Do you know that Jesus did not believe in death. He always referred to the dead as only being asleep, and will soon be alive again!

She could sing the freakin New York City phone book and bring you to tears. My God!

Why the video of the couple?

Beautiful tribute ❤ I was a baby when she passed away, so memories like this help me know her better.

Eu amo está musica❤

Now this is truly real Country Music

Sublime y eterno amor ❤️😍👌🏻

Emetine cardiotoxicity... from using syrup of ipecac to induce vomiting. I'll never forget where I was- I'd been out of the hospital for less than a month for anorexia when I heard about Ms. Carpenter's death on the radio... it shook me to the core. Sadly, my eating disorder is still an issue, even this many decades later- but I'm getting help again (for the last 2 years).

It is 2024 and I am still in love with Karen Carpenter.

The Carpenters and Ray Charles had the best versions of this song. ❤🎵🎵❤

I agree!

dang. I really wish they could do this again

The world lost the most beautiful and talented woman ever when she passed away. Such a tragic loss for such a senseless reason.

what a voice

🎶🎵🩷🤍🖤🤎💜💙🩵💚🧡❤️

EXTREME WALL OF SOUND: 2:13 . Voices and instruments are almost not heard. The beautiful Veronica seems as if she were locked in a sinister dungeon.

Like the song, but would enjoy it more if he didn't project so much sadness and low energy.

❤ this song makes me so sad with grief at the loss of my best friend Toby ..he was almost 15 bless him he loved the carpenters..a beautiful caring loving collie dog 🐕❤😢

the one and only karen carpenter

This woman gets literal tears out of me with every song.

Love everything she sang.

no shouting, no screaming, just pure singing. Karen, u left too soon

After all these years Karen is still the best. Her voice is so soothing to the soul.