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Once In a Lifetime

Talking Heads / The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered)

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Talking Heads

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The Best of Talking Heads (Remastered)

Release date

October 8, 1980

Duration

4:19

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Alternative

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Songwriters / credits

David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth

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"Once in a Lifetime" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, produced and cowritten by Brian Eno. It was released in January 1981 through Sire Records as the first single from Talking Heads' fourth studio album, Remain in Light (1980).

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