Roger Sanchez' 'Another Chance' | The Making Of A House Classic

This is the story of how Roger Sanchez made one of the most iconic house music tracks of all time - 'Another Chance'.
Roger Sanchez gives us an exclusive insight into the making of his seminal dance track, including the story behind the sample used in the massive chart hit, and the making of its unforgettable video.
Timeline 👇
0:00 Intro
0:12 Early career & vinyl digging
0:37 The Toto sample
1:32 Adding the beat and live elements
2:16 The release
3:04 Music video
3:44 It's legacy
4:14 Outro
Electronic music history is rich with unforgettable and timeless classics. In our series, DJ Mag explores the tales behind some of the world's favourite dance tracks, told by the people that made them.
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[@DJMag]

Comment The Story Of the first time you heard this track👇

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Back when MTV actually played music clips. First time on their MTV Clubs around 2001.

[@rodrigolemosdj]

The first time I heard it was in 2001 on a well-known brazilian FM radio station, Jovem Pan. It was a year of many personal transformations, I was 19 years old, I was already a DJ and I was extremely in love with a girl. It was very difficult to conquer her and like any teenager dealing with a feeling as intense as love, this song somehow helped me get through this phase. It combined the strength of House Music with beautiful lyrics. I played this track at many parties. We started dating in 2002 and stayed together until 2017. Every time I hear it I get emotional to recognize that this version of "Another Chance" has become one of the soundtracks of my life. I take this opportunity to register here my eternal thanks to Roger Sanchez for this true masterpiece and greetings to the greatest love of my life, Maria Eliza.

[@timsoler5711]

a bit hard to remember because I was 10 years old at the time xD

[@sylviazj2988]

When MTV was really MTV. I was shocked, amazed, this song touched my soul and still does.

[@romandavid10]

Con ésta canción me levantaba para ir a la universidad a inicios del 2000. La escuchó y disfruto tal como la primera vez.

[@antonellomascarello4698]

The amount of nostalgia with this track is unbelievable 🙂💜

[@DJMag]

🙌🙌

[@memomemo-sg2bx]

So true 👍

[@polromeu]

Agreed, goosebumps.

[@TranceGurl20]

Yes and modjo - lady was nostalgia for me to ♥️

[@joset.garcia8714]

This is and “Lost”

[@julianonouneh4649]

2001 was one of the best year for the music industry

[@bluphobia]

1998 to 2001 was pure heaven. It will not be surpassed

[@80skid83]

​@bluphobia yes those years , but until 2004 tho

[@simbodeit324]

97 bro

[@marz_mitzi]

1998-2003*@@bluphobia

[@IslandStyle123]

I was backpacking around Europe in 2001 and this song was the soundtrack of my life during that time. Thank you Roger.

[@timsoler5711]

Has to be one the most beautiful tracks (it's actually a proper song more than a track) in the history of house music

[@laurapalmerTDGE]

Pure facts!!!

[@hugoooobr]

This sound INSTANTLY pours an emotional state in my mind, a nostalgic feeling, a will to have lived more, like if I miss something I never lived... so weird to explain. And the music video yeah, brings me a tear after a few seconds, every single time.

[@noahliasam7407]

Trueee😢❤

[@mxamboii1983]

This track is beautifully made. Still great and forever will be.

[@FADE_FROM_VIEW]

In late 2000 I reconnected with a girl I’ve known since school in 1988 as kids. I was 21, she was 19, and we became pretty good friends, although there were something always more underlying there. I remember listening to this song with her when it first came out in 2001, and it reminded me of her always. She was seeing another guy so I never interfered, but she was always the one that got away. The years got away from us and I heard she got married and had some kids. I got on with my life, but this song would always take me back to that time we spent together. In 2021, we reconnected on a dating app, here, coming out of a marriage, and me single after a few failed relationships. we met up for a date, to see if there was anything there that we always expected, and the song happened to play in the background at the bar we were at. She laughed and told it always reminded her of me. 20 years later, we got Another Chance and both our hearts grew, back to each other.… thank you , Roger.

[@yhol89]

Best. House. Record. Ever. (and one of the best love songs as well)

[@AnGhaeilge]

This was the theme to the best summer of my life. 18 years old, on my first holiday away with the lads in Majorca. Such a brilliant summer.

[@greggodfrey6516]

first time i heard this song, i was watching bpmtv raving out on my couch in central canada (as we all have done) i full on cried, still to this day i get emotional. its just beautiful!. after gathering myself i ran downstairs, jumped on my pc & bought every version i could find (like 10) & edited a version for my personal sets at the bar i was djing at.. i still have that version some 22 years later. & yes i still play it

[@SkinnyEMedia]

One of the most beautiful electronic songs ever made. Very atmospheric use of a sample. Makes me nostalgic for MTV Dance.

[@HyuksTraviesa]

words can never truly explain my love for House music, it truly is a soul thing, a spiritual thing :) and this series of The Making Of A House Classic, is giving me some memorable flasbacks of a young, carefree, fun, very social and happy youth. I was 20 yrs old when this came out, I remember it blowin up in the clubbing scene way before it became commercially big. Roger Sanchez was already a legend in the scene way before this came out (shout out to the cover CD's you got with Mixmag). I miss clubbing ngl .........one of the annoying things of getting old 😅 but still listen to House all day, everyday....the body changes but the soul doesnt

[@HhHh-jl9ct]

Roger is a genius In mixing . One of the best dj's in house music

[@AndalusianPrince]

He's one of the very few djs that won a grammy in his career.

[@GreenPhenomenaUK]

still love this track to this day

[@akinkunmicook2977]

I saw the “S Man” drop this live at Centro Fly (Subliminal Sessions, Rest In Peace Eric Morillo) in New York City! I’ll never forget that night! I immediately loved his tune! Honestly, I thought he had an exclusive track by Daft Punk because at the time I had a different Roger Sanchez sound in my head but when I went to the record shops I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was indeed maestro Sanchez’s tune! For me that was the tune for the summer of 2001! Sadly it would be interrupted by a beautiful morning in September that would soon be a day that would be remembered forever! I have great respect for master Sanchez! Thanks for the wonderful memories!!!!

[@krystalklearwater]

CENTRO FLY!!! OMG blast from the past!!!

[@jeffreybussmann3313]

I always thought sampling the Toto ballad was such a stroke of genius. Still sounds brilliant.

[@yassinepsn6391]

One of the biggest hits back then ... first time hearing it i think was like 10 or 11 years old child, influenced by my older brother's taste of music ... he was always watching MTV2POP, Viva Plus ... So one day we discover this hit ... automatically fell in love with it Now while i'm 33 years old, i still kinda get goosebumps whenever i play the song ... Really Really one of the biggest hits ever

[@jim365com]

I can play this song a million times and still cannot get enough! Well done Roger!👍🎶

[@jm5390]

I LOVE this song! Takes me back to my childhood and tween years (was 11 in 2001). Such a great anthem for anybody who loves dance and house music.

[@Djunturica]

Goosebumps every time I hear those opening chords, timeless piece.

[@AndalusianPrince]

The memories i have hearing this song. The nostalgia is crazy.

[@clarkee5369]

this track almost brings me to tears every time i hear it.

[@martinpascoe7678]

THanks Roger, I was 19 when TOTO4 came 0ut and I used to walk around with my ghetto blaster in NOrthern Australia, a little town in the middle of the country, that song was played to death by me ! and, I was going through a lot then, having retraced my entIre family after being STOLEN by The caytholic HChurch and the Commonwealth of Australia (Im First Nations Indigenous Aboriginal) so when I heard this on the dance floor I instantly knew where it came out of, I thankyou BIG TIME for bringing that song back into my life many years later, LOVE LOVE AND MORE LOVE MAAATE from A BROTHER FROM DOWN UNDA

[@priyaplease6180]

First heard this song at 14 years old from Power 96 in Miami. Did not know the name. Found it again 20 yrs later on Spotify mix randomly. Couldn’t be happier ❤️‍🔥

[@DJHEAVYDUTY]

Bro there are only few dance songs can make me cry. This is number 1

[@LondonLawBreaker]

I’ve been in the club scene since the beginning. Even worked my way onto Halo’s books on the 1&2’s (The Cross, Kings Cross). Out of all the live performances I’ve experienced Roger Sanchez and Cassius were the top 2 different level vinyl on wheels of steel gurus back in the day. The skill and manipulation of the Rane rotary mixer from these guys was nothing short of amazing. We’re talking hardware not software. Knowledge, time, and the real deal skill. OG superstar DJ’s. People not from that generation would find it hard to understand the difference

[@fairypoo]

This song is still one of my favourite songs of all time, love it just as much as I did 20 years. No idea what it is about it but there is something melancholic and moody. I love

[@Lucky13777]

So many memories with this song. Pure nostalgia

[@pietrocaliumi9834]

I found this track while working on a video project (I used to play song in the background to keep focus) one year ago Needless to say that I instantly fell in love with it

[@ResizeFilms]

One of the most amazing dance tracks ever made along with a beautiful and emotional music video. Epic.

[@DecadenzaMelodica]

All-time classic! 😇

[@jeffrey292]

Great tune indeed!

[@ansettaustralia]

This track is an absolute vibe. I remember hearing this for the first time and thinking it just had so much emotion in it. What a classic.

[@MustafaAbdullahmus_razzi]

I was 14 when i first heard it still listen to it to this day

[@lloyd4301]

This track still brings me the same joy it did when first released - me and my Mrs grooving in Pacha Ibiza to Mr Sanchez. Beautiful times, beautiful track.

[@segaboyo2365]

This song helped me get through a rough time in my life. there was this girl I had been friends with since middle school, she meant a lot to me, then one day I decided to confess my feelings to her. I was devastated when she didn't feel the same, though when the first time I heard this song it made me both sad and happy to know ill get through this. to this day, this song is my favorite house song that hits differently now. I help but love this song.

[@FFmybest]

Keep it up bro 💪

[@segaboyo2365]

@@FFmybest dang it's been a year since and I lost interest in her, since then I lost weight and been moving on with my life

[@r-r-r0507]

The two claps before the drop are absolute insane! I still can't wrap my head around it that this "simple" part are the first notes in my head I hear after all these years when thinking about this amazing track!

[@ttak82]

I loved the claps the first time I heard the track.

[@marcusstubbs6034]

He also produced a track called Box Office - Just Leave Me around the same time. It has the same guitars, melancholic vibe and hand claps as this tune. Both are beautiful records ❤

[@ttak82]

@@marcusstubbs6034 thanks for this. Heard it today. Great track!

[@Muttron333]

I first heard this on some CD compilation. The song was toward the end of the CD, I think it was the last song and I just happen to leave the CD on because I really liked the girl that told me I should check it out, "It's pretty groovy stuff, but it's mostly not very catchy" she said. This song came on and it BLEW MY MIND! I started putting it in my set. Next time I hung out with that girl she hummed the song after a set I played saying, "WTF WAS THAT SONG! it was SO AWESOME!" I was like, "Dude, it was the last song on that CD you gave me!" She was blown away. "I never listened to it all the way through!" Every time I spun a set she would say "play that tune man"...We didn't know the lyrics, it was just THAT SONG. A life changer man...chills just thinking about it.

[@KRONIK3636]

As an old school DJ, God Dayamn I love these short 'making of a classic' vids. Keep up the great work DJ Mag. I still rock this track now & again for some nostalgia, along with pretty much every other song in this excellent series. These songs were HUGE when I was still active in the clubs & DJing professionally, & still to this day envoke such strong emotions for me of great times, great partys & great memories of my old clubbing crew. Awesome.

[@abfowlie]

This track was so underestimated on the radio, still a classic now but to feel that awesome base you needed to hear this in a club setting and feel the vibrations from the loud speakers... club bed in Sheffield circa 2000/01. Dropping this tune as one of the last tracks for the night, wrapped up a magnificent set from the one and only Rogar Sanchez! ❤🙏

[@djskratchworx]

this is a true gem...i still include this in my sets...and still gives me the chills....its a love song by the way.

[@heskeylator]

2001 was one of the best years for dance music ever. Quality coming from everywhere. This was well up there. I also loved his lesser known follow up 'You Can't Change Me' as well, great tune.

[@p4r4d0x]

Roger sounds like a professional voice actor, incredible voice

[@edgarsiesoibarra]

Almost 20 years Hearst first time, and Still One of the Great Songs all time in Electronic Music...... a Clasic

[@maidere]

this is the song of my winter since 10 y. I love to listen this when is snowing

[@LTTG]

i remember how i immediately fell in love with the song and the video the first time i heard it :,)

[@Bobbibouchersmumwasright]

Music made to the heart beat… oh the good old days 😂😔🔥

[@garyinderry]

Got got love how artists can pull something from other artists and make it new and special. Much respect to all involved.

[@CJ-gp9yh]

Reminds me of my homie who passed away, we were roommates when this track came out and we listened to it all the time.

[@theandroids]

One of the best dance tracks ever made.

[@em945]

Thank you, Roger. This track has magic to it.

[@tr0nd15c]

Original track + chill/mid-tempo remixes = unreal & will withstand the test of time like a finely aged Eric Prydz or Roger Shah. Incredible top pantheon production & thanks DJ Mag!

[@oldman1966]

In the UK, one year in the early 2000s, the BBC used 'Another Chance' as the theme to their Wimbledon Tennis highlights section ... love at first hear! Roger Sanchez soundtracking Roger Federer. :)

[@TheEoinB]

Still sounds as good today!

[@strepps02]

Amazing track! Strange moustache.

[@rebecca_stone]

2:35 That's got to be one of the most joyful and sweet DJing photographs I've ever seen. What a fun era for dance music, and what a sublime track this is, and always was. Gives my heart a little melt even decades later. Roger Sanchez is so humble, his DJing and musical ear are epic.

[@nuklz]

when the world ends, this is the song i will be blasting from my house

[@gaputra9852]

If I can have just one song for the rest of my life, this would be it.

[@user-dc1ey8ve4s]

Love this song ❤

[@grizzyloves]

Pure genius ❤🔥

[@elfershow]

I love this track so much. So incredible

[@liotommy]

I heard this song after long time on the radio earlier this year, and it felt like being transported back to 2001. I could weep when thinking, where have 20 years gone?! It was one of my favourite tracks in ´01.

[@auntiehorror1879]

gosh, late 90's early 2000's dance was full of top notch songs, still great nowadays, how many memories!!

[@jamesundrwd1223]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!

[@wafster2006]

MTV & radio…14 at the time Timeless. Love the chillout remix as well.

[@musiqsoundsproductions]

Soundtrack of an era!!!!

[@joshmills6203]

Will forever put a smile on my face.. such a belter

[@cheeseisdelicious111]

Classic tune. Takes me back to the best days of my life

[@djlongg2345]

Yip still a banger! cant wait😀

[@danw331]

Been my favourite house track since it came out. So emotional.

[@refused1]

Best house song ever made.

[@finndarmer1014]

Massive track. Brings back memories :)

[@danielc8429]

Hands up for one of my favorite anthems 🙌🏼

[@TechWandererYT]

I loved that song with all my heart. No pun intended.

[@Pilot88052]

I've heard this tune in the Afterlife remix in middle 00's first time. Till now I love this version so much. First love, first kisses, first drama... Wonderful memories. Wonderful song. Greetings from Russia. God Is A DJ.

[@pitytw]

tremendo hit , inolvidable

[@av8nz837]

I am forever thankful for this masterpiece.. just makes my hair stand on end every time

[@lukaku10832]

I love this music so much!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SQRL83]

There’s been multiple times in the past during a moment of rather angered up feelings, I have played this song and it just has a way of mellowing me out. A somehow relaxing song that I won’t ever get tired of hearing

[@jus1taj]

That’s awesome. Gonna have to put that in my cue to buy. One of the greats for sure.

[@marecare223]

What to say. Thank you Roger for this gem 🥰

[@rcacavi6593]

Thank you Roger for this song

[@sonnyramone3545]

I love this song, originally and Rmx to Roger Sanchez. ❤️

[@dsc4u]

Unforgettable track ❤️❤️❤️

[@rups22]

The chords/hook are just perfect with that iconic sample

[@VitoCorleone-tm2qc]

Absolute tune ❤love it so much

[@emiliogonzalezpastoriza8782]

ÉXITOS 🙏🎧🌎📀🎶

[@stewills9711]

Still one of the best live DJ sets ive seen, Cream many years back. Great night.

[@carlosmelgar1065]

Inigualable.

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

its one of the finest Club house / vocal tune ever made.......its a must have in any DJ collection for shure

[@keith2599]

The great man himself, A beutiful heart felt song.... LOVE IT... LOVED ALWAYS AND FOREVER...

[@IgorB88]

F*ck! Listening to Roger explaining how my favourite tracjk was made, got me goosbumps all through the video! insane! FAVOURITE. TRACK. EVER.

[@HeberG30]

The Music of my Life!

[@jameskonners8304]

This was awesome. Epic track. Beautiful to see in the minds eye of the creator. I adore this classic.

[@mohdzulfadli6276]

That would be either channel V or MTV. I was really just chilling waiting to pass out with the tv on but this song played and the lyrics and video were so beautiful and sad. 20 odd years later still hits me the same way.

[@pedromanafaia]

Brilliant

[@AuronnBE]

One of the greatest songs ever tbh!

[@michaelbarsby]

So many memories! What a great series of interviews and recollections.

[@Solzrico]

Discovered the song not long ago but the nostalgia feel is unlike no other 😮‍💨🩵

[@MatusFinchus]

This... ...is MY house track. Superb piece of work.