Once More (The Orb song)

"Once More" is a track by the British electronic music group The Orb, featured on their album U.F.Orb, released in 1992. It's a signature Orb song, exemplifying their ambient house style, characterized by its long duration, slowly evolving textures, and incorporation of diverse samples.

The song is structured around a persistent, hypnotic groove and shimmering synth pads, creating a spacious and immersive soundscape. Its defining feature is the recurrent vocal sample, "Once more...with feeling," taken from the 1960 film The Apartment. This sample is heavily treated and manipulated, becoming an integral part of the song's sonic texture rather than a traditional lyrical element.

"Once More" is notable for its seamless blending of ambient textures with a danceable rhythm, making it a pivotal track in the development of ambient house and a prime example of The Orb's experimental approach to electronic music. The song's extended length allows for a gradual build-up and a sense of evolving sonic narrative, eschewing conventional song structures for a more cinematic and immersive experience. It often appears on lists of influential ambient house tracks and is a consistent highlight of The Orb's live performances. The track's success helped solidify U.F.Orb as a landmark album within the electronic music genre.