Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song)

"Once in a Lifetime"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Released	22 August 2006
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Country
Length	5:54 (album version) 4:11 (radio edit)
Label	Capitol Nashville
Writer(s)	John Shanks, Keith Urban
Producer(s)	Keith Urban, Dann Huff
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Tonight I Wanna Cry" (2005) "Once in a Lifetime" (2006) "Stupid Boy" (2006)

"Once in a Lifetime" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from his album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing. The song was written by Urban and John Shanks.

On the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of 2 September 2006, "Once in a Lifetime" entered at No. 17, setting what was then a new record for the highest-debuting song in the history of the modern country music charts.^[1] The previous record was held by Eddie Rabbitt's "Every Which Way But Loose" and Garth Brooks' "Good Ride Cowboy", both of which debuted at #18 (in 1979 and 2005, respectively).

Content

This is a song about a man starting a special relationship with a woman. Urban says in the lyrics that she doesn't need to be afraid to love him, because she knows how much he loves her. He also says it's tough, but he's "never giving up" because what they share is a "once in a lifetime love."

Australian Track Listing

1. Once in a Lifetime 4:17
2. Days Go By (live) 3:48
3. You'll Think of Me (Jeremy Wheatley Mix) 3:53
4. You're My Better Half (life) 4:05

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Keith Urban – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, ganjo, EBow, piano
• Tom Bukovac – rhythm guitar
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Rami Jaffee – Hammond B-3 organ
• Tim Lauer – synthesizer
• Chris McHugh – drums, drum machine programming
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
• David Stone – upright bass
• Russell Terrell – background vocals

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	18
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[4]	92
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	31
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6]	26
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	40

References

1. Keith Urban's 'Once In A Lifetime' Debut @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
2. Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (Media notes). Keith Urban. Capitol Nashville. 2006. 09463-77087-0-5.
3. "Australian-charts.com – Keith Urban – Once in a Lifetime". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
4. "Swisscharts.com – Keith Urban – Once in a Lifetime". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
5. "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
6. "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Keith Urban. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
7. "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
8. "Best of 2006: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics