"Once in a Lifetime," Keith Urban

[That Skipping Rope.]

"Since U Been Gone" Part Country!

Love this song. I can't wait for his new album.

[irice22]

Good comparison to "Since U Been Gone." You can hear it here: www.keithurban.net/main/index.htm

[Robert J]

LOVE this song. Not too sure about the SUBG comparison, I'll have to check it out again.

[tozion]

The first thing I thought when I heard this was "Since U Been Gone". Not impressed.

[tozion]

Once in a Lifetime
KEITH URBAN
Producer(s): Dann Huff, Keith Urban
Genre: COUNTRY
Label: Capitol Nashville

This has got to be one of the most gloriously uplifting love songs ever written. Penned by John Shanks and the Country Music Assn.'s reigning entertainer of the year, the lyric finds a guy reassuring his girl that they've got something special, a once-in-a-lifetime love. Verses talk about taking a leap of faith, the wedding, imminent kids and a bright future. It's all beautifully sweet without becoming a sugary over-the-top confection. Urban's smooth, evocative voice soars along on a magnificent melody, along with his blistering guitar work. It all adds up to a hit single and a great introduction to the master's new album, which hits shelves in November. —Deborah Evans Price

[duh5]

One star from Pitchfork:

Just a few months after marrying a certain popular movie star, Keith Urban has released as his new single a paean to marriage and devotion, addressed to a very special "you." I'd be remiss not to point that out. That context, for better or worse, colors every note of this song, from its saccharine lyrics to its conservative arrangement to its overdramatic melody.

Real-life romance has inspired some winners in the past ("Ring of Fire", for example). Yet on "Once in a Lifetime", the opportunity to appeal to fans who might not have heard of Urban before he showed up on that beach with Nicole means the song wears its countryness like clip-on earrings. The most notable part of "Lifetime", besides that obvious Coldplay-baiting chorus, is its corny heartbeat-rhythm drums; you love with your heart, in case you forgot. So maybe the song's intentionally bland: Maybe Urban's shooting for the lowest common denominator to attract the widest audience. But bland here means colossally forgettable, even for that someone somewhere who likes the song as a love letter to Urban's new bride. Everyone's much better off just watching To Die For.

[duh5]

Well, he's just checked himself into rehab and canceled all promo for the single and album. That can't be good.

[tozion]

The single's doing pretty well too.