Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)

Once in a Lifetime is a song of the band Talking Heads, which was first published in the fourth studio album by the group, Remain in Light, and was later released as a single. The piece was written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth and produced by Eno. It has been rated positively by critics and rated by National Public Radio as one of the 100 most important works of American music of the 20th century. At the time of publication of the song had only moderate chart success. He reached the highest position with position 14 in the UK Singles Chart.

Music Video

The music video shows a glasses -bearing, like a puppet dancing David Byrne. Byrne shows how he suddenly flings his arm, to propose to his head and on his hands and knees knocking on the floor, similar to the movements that are made with puppets. In the background, copies of Byrne dance in perfect sync with the music, in the foreground gets an increasing expectant Byrne getting further out of sync. The video is shown at the New York Museum of Modern Art.