"Once in a Lifetime"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing
Released	August 22, 2006
Format	CD single, digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	country pop
Length	5:54 (album version)
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	John Shanks, Keith Urban
Producer	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 2006 song by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was the first single from his album Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing.

On the Billboard Hot Country Songs 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.^[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).

Contents 1 Content 2 Australian Track Listings 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 References

[edit] Content

This section requires expansion.

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".

The first verse begins softly, with just electric guitar and synthesized drums, with more instruments being added throughout as the song grows louder. Many instruments can be heard throughout the song, including several guitars, a ganjo, piano, and cello.

It has been used for the One Life to Live fall promotion on ABC and SoapNet.

[edit] Australian Track Listings

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

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Tom Bukovac – electric 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
• Keith Urban – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo, EBow, piano

[edit] Charts

On the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, the song peaked at #6. This marked Urban's first single to miss the Top Five since 1999's "It's a Love Thing", which peaked at #18.

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

[edit] References

Preceded by "Give It Away" by George Strait

Canadian Country Singles Chart number-one single October 13, 2006

Succeeded by "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood

v • d • e Keith Urban Studio albums Keith Urban (1991) · Keith Urban (1999) · Golden Road (2002) · Be Here (2004) · Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (2006) · Defying Gravity (2009) Compilation albums Keith Urban in The Ranch (1997) · Days Go By (2005) · Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007) U.S. Singles "It's a Love Thing" · "Your Everything" · "But for the Grace of God" · "Where the Blacktop Ends" · "Somebody Like You" · "Raining on Sunday" · "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" · "You'll Think of Me" · "Days Go By" · "You're My Better Half" · "Making Memories of Us" · "Better Life" · "Tonight I Wanna Cry" · "Once in a Lifetime" · "Stupid Boy" · "I Told You So" · "Everybody" · "You Look Good in My Shirt" · "Sweet Thing" · "Kiss a Girl" · "Only You Can Love Me This Way" · "'Til Summer Comes Around" Guest singles "The Twelfth of Never" · "Funky Tonight" · "In God's Hands" · "Start a Band" Related articles Discography · Capitol Nashville · The Ranch