Once in a Blue Moon (song)

"Once in a Blue Moon"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)"
Released	January 27, 1986
Genre	Country
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Robert Byrne Tom Brasfield
Producer	Earl Thomas Conley Nelson Larkin
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology
"Nobody Falls Like a Fool" (1985) "Once in a Blue Moon" (1986) "Too Many Times" (1986)

"Once in a Blue Moon" is the title of a song written by Robert Byrne and Tom Brasfield and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in January 1986 as the second and final single from the compilation album, "Greatest Hits". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's eleventh number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent fourteen weeks on the country chart ^[1].

Music video

A music video for the song was released and has been seen on GAC. During the video's prologue, "Silent Treatment" (Conley's first top 10 hit) can be heard in the background.

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88. 

Preceded by "Now and Forever (You and Me)" by Anne Murray	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single May 3, 1986	Succeeded by "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" by The Judds
	RPM Country Tracks number-one single May 17, 1986