One Day in Your Life (54-40 song)

"One Day in Your Life" is a song by Canadian rock group 54-40. It was released as a single released from the band's 1987 album, Show Me. It was the band's first song to chart on Canada's singles Chart, peaking at No. 90 on the RPM chart in May, 1988.[1] It is considered to be one of the band's signature songs.

"One Day in Your Life"
Single by 54-40
from the album Show Me
Released1988
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:14
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Phil Comparelli, Brad Merritt, Darryl Neudorf, Neil Osborne
Producer(s)54-40, Dave Ogilvie
54-40 singles chronology
"I Go Blind"
(1986)
"One Day in Your Life"
(1988)
"One Gun"
(1988)

Meaning

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Neil Osborne explained the song as being about "putting your life in perspective", and that "Rather than getting down, there’s so much that you can convert into up."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 48, No. 3, May 07 1988". RPM. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  2. ^ Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian A. D.; Schneider, Jason (June 2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ISBN 9781554909681. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
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