''Just Once in My Life'' is the 1965 album by the American music duo

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, he was allowed to produce most of the tracks in the album, including "

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" which was originally intended only as an album track because co-producer

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was interested only in producing singles. The album reached No. 9 on ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States.

Singles

The title track "

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" was the first single released from the album, and it reached No. 9 on the singles chart in May 1965. The single "

" was initially only intended as a B-side for "Hung on You" from the next album ''Back to Back'', but it became popular and it was then released as an A side, reaching at No. 4 in the United States and No. 14 in the United Kingdom in 1965. It was later included in the soundtrack of 1990 blockbuster film

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and the re-released single reached No. 1 in the UK in 1990.

Track listing

Charts

References

1965 albums The Righteous Brothers albums Philles Records albums Albums produced by Phil Spector Albums produced by Bill Medley Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios {{1960s-album-stub