"Once in a Lifetime" is a 2006 song by Australian country music artist
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The song's lyrics reflect the singer's feelings towards his lover, assuring her that she does not need to be afraid to love him ("I know that you're scared, but you've never been this loved").
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"Once in a Lifetime" is a 2006 song by Australian country music artist
Keith UrbanKeith Lionel Urban is an Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban began his career in Brisbane having moved to Caboolture, Australia at an early age...
. It was the first single from his album
Love, Pain & the whole crazy thingLove, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, or Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing as typeset on the cover art, is the fifth solo album by Australian country singer Keith Urban. It is his fourth album release in the United States, and his fifth for Capitol Records. The album was issued on November 7, 2006...
.
On the
Billboard Hot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart dated for the week of September 2, 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. The previous record was held by
Eddie RabbittEdward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American country music singer-songwriter who enjoyed much pop success at the height of his career in the 1970s and 80s with 20 #1 country hits including "Drivin' My Life Away" and "I Love a Rainy Night," which also topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Adult...
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Every Which Way But Loose"Every Which Way but Loose" is a song recorded by Eddie Rabbitt. The title song to the 1978 movie of the same name, it spent three weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1979.-Highest debut:...
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Good Ride Cowboy"Good Ride Cowboy" is a single, released in 2005, by American country music artist Garth Brooks. The song is a tribute to Chris LeDoux, another country musician and friend of Brooks's...
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The song's lyrics reflect the singer's feelings towards his lover, assuring her that she does not need to be afraid to love him ("I know that you're scared, but you've never been this loved"). He also explains to her that he will not give up, because he knows that the love between him and her is a "once in a lifetime love".
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Australian Track Listings
- Once In A Lifetime 4:17
- Days Go By (live) 3:48
- You'll Think Of Me (Jeremy Wheatley Mix) 3:53
- You're My Better Half (life ) 4:05
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
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- Larry Corbett – cello
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- Eric Darken – percussion
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- Rami Jaffee
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– Hammond B-3 organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard...
- Tim Lauer – synthesizer
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- Chris McHugh – drums
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programming
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
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- David Stone – upright bass
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
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- Keith Urban – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
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Charts
| Chart (2006) |
Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs |
6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
31 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 |
48 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks |
26 |
| Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles |
1 |