Non-Hit Hits Top Ten: Once in a Lifetime (#2)

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A couple of countdowns ago JJ made a comment in one of the song discussions: What I think would be interesting would be a "Hits that were not Hits" countdown. I don’t know if he had this particular song in mind when he said that, but this and tomorrow’s top song might be two gigantic shockers, given how popular they are. Here’s today’s “non-hit hit.” #2: Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads Well, how did we get here???? Yeah, the subject of so many memes on Facebook, parodies, and jokes was never a hit. Worse, the original version didn’t even make the “hot 100” list! The live version from Stop Making Sense was released as a single, but it only peaked at 91. As a single, this was a big-time failure. However, as a song, it’s one of the major marks in the career of Talking Heads, a band that was far more important, influential, and popular than their “top 40” career would show. Letting the days go by….. Once in a Lifetime Written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth Recorded by Talking Heads From Remain in Light, 1981 Billboard peak chart position: did not chart Water dissolving and water removing: