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1981 single by Michael Jackson
"One Day in Your Life"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album One Day in Your Life
B-side"Take Me Back"
ReleasedMarch 20, 1981 (US)
April 21, 1981 (UK)
RecordedOctober–December 1974
Genre
Length4:15
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sam Brown
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Girlfriend"
(1980)
"One Day in Your Life"
(1981)
"The Girl Is Mine"
(1982)

"One Day in Your Life" is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael. Music written by Sam Brown III and lyrics by Renée Armand, it was later released on March 20, 1981 as a single from the compilation album One Day in Your Life due to the commercial interest that generated from the sales of Jackson's hit 1979 album Off the Wall, despite the fact that Jackson had released that album on Epic Records instead of Motown.

While a modest US hit, it was a bigger hit in the UK, where it became Jackson's first solo recording to hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was number one in the UK for two weeks in June and July 1981. It also topped the Irish Singles Chart, and also featured strongly on the South African singles charts. It was released on the Motown label. It went on to become the sixth best-selling single of 1981 in the UK. Robert Christgau called this song a romantic ballad that is as credible on its "own terms as the rockers." Five years prior, a cover version by Johnny Mathis for his Feelings album charted in the U.S. and Canada.

Record World said that "Plush strings cushion Michael's heavenly vocals."

Charts

Johnny Mathis

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 46
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 36

Michael Jackson

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 2
South Africa (Springbok) 1
UK Singles (OCC) 1
US Billboard Hot 100 55
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 37
Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) 94

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 27
Chart (1982) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 53

Certifications

Michael Jackson version
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 790,000

References

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