| "Life Gets Away" | ||||
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| Single by Clint Black | ||||
| from the album One Emotion | ||||
| B-side | "The Kid" | |||
| Released | October 9, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Clint Black Hayden Nicholas Thom Schuyler |
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| Producer | James Stroud Clint Black |
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"Life Gets Away" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in October 1995 as the fifth and final single from Black's album One Emotion. The song reached number on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1995[1] and number-one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the production is "lively with an anthemic feel, but the meat of the song is in the undeniable truth of the lyrics: 'Life gets away from us all.'"[3]
"Life Gets Away" debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 14, 1995.
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 18, 1995 |
Succeeded by "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" by Shania Twain |
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