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Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song)

"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 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing. Urban wrote this song with John Shanks.

"Once in a Lifetime"

22 August 2006

2006

5:54 (album version)
4:11 (radio edit)

On the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of 2 September 2006, the song 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).

Keith Urban – lead and backing vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, , EBow, piano

ganjo

– rhythm guitar

Tom Bukovac

Larry Corbett – cello

Eric Darken – percussion

Hammond B-3 organ

Rami Jaffee

Tim Lauer –

synthesizer

– drums, drum machine programming

Chris McHugh

– bass guitar

Jimmie Lee Sloas

David Stone – upright bass

Russell Terrell – background vocals

As listed in liner notes.[2]