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Once in a Lifetime

2002 · via Talking Heads

Phish’s earliest release of “Once in a Lifetime” on file came out in 2002. David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Talking Heads’, from 1980. Also recorded by The Smashing Pumpkins (released 2000), Big Daddy (released 1991) and Blenderhead (released 1995), among 152 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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The song everybody knows as pure Talking Heads has a fifth name in the credits, someone who never stood in the lineup but helped build it. Spin the Phish take too and hear how sturdy that frame turned out.

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Credited writers: David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth.

Earliest release on file: Talking Heads, 1980.

Other recordings on file · first release year

152 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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