"One Night a Day" is the title of a song recorded by American

United States

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 Country Music

Country music

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 artist Garth Brooks

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. The song is featured on his fifth album, In Pieces

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and also appears on The Limited Series

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. The song was written by Gary Burr

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 and Pete Wasner. This song, predominately featuring the piano and saxophone, is noted for its unique jazz stylings.

Content

This song is very mello, much resembling jazz with a sparse arrangement of just piano, saxophone (played by Jim Horn

Jim Horn

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), and drums. The lyrics of the song talk about how the narrator gets through the nights after his lover has left him. Several ways he copes includes talking to himself, listening to the radio, calling up friends in the middle of the night to let them know he's OK and staying up with the Late Show.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Brooks "leaves the honky-tonk behind and steps briefly into the cocktail lounge." She goes on to say that he adopts a "slick, un-country singing style for this broken-hearted lament

Track listing

Australian CD single
EMI, 1994

1. "One Night a Day" - 4:14
2. "If Tomorrow Never Comes
   If Tomorrow Never Comes
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   " - 3:37
3. "Callin' Baton Rouge
   Callin' Baton Rouge
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   " - 2:35

US 7" single
Capitol Nashville S7-17972-A, 1994

1. "One Night a Day"
2. "Mr. Blue"

Chart performance

"One Night a Day" reached #7 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 chart and #14 on The Canadian RPM

RPM (magazine)

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Country Tracks chart.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	7
Australian Singles Chart	35
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	14