One Day in Your Life (Michael Jackson song)

"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.^[2] 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."^[3]^[4] 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."^[5]

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Charts

Johnny Mathis

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[6]	46
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[7]	36

Michael Jackson

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[9]	1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[10]	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[11]	2
South Africa (Springbok)^[12]	1
UK Singles (OCC)^[13]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	55
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[15]	37

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[13]	94

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[16]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[17]	6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[18]	27

Chart (1982)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	53

Certifications

Michael Jackson version
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[20]	Gold	790,000^[19]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "MJ singles".
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 395. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Consumer Guide: March 17, 1975". Robert Christgau. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
^ Ron Wynn. "One Day in Your Life - Michael Jackson | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 25, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. April 10, 1976. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 155.
^ ^a ^b "National Top 100 Singles for 1982". Kent Music Report. January 3, 1983. Retrieved January 22, 2023 – via Imgur.
^ "Michael Jackson – One Day in Your Life" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 30, 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Michael Jackson – One Day in Your Life" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Michael Jackson: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ "Michael Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Michael Jackson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Jaaroverzichten 1981". Ultratop. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ Copsey, Rob (August 27, 2018). "Top 60 Michael Jackson songs on the Official Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
^ "British single certifications – Michael Jackson – One Day in Your Life". British Phonographic Industry.

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Singles Songs Unreleased songs
1970s	"Got to Be There" "Ain't No Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Where You Are" "Rockin' Robin" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "You've Got a Friend" "Ben" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Girl" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "We've Got a Good Thing Going" "With a Child's Heart" "Morning Glow" "All the Things You Are" "Happy" "Too Young" "Music and Me" "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "You Can't Win" "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Working Day and Night" "It's the Falling in Love"
1980s	"Off the Wall" "Girlfriend" "She's Out of My Life" "One Day in Your Life" "The Girl Is Mine" "Billie Jean" "Beat It" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "Thriller" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" "Lonely Teardrops" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "Farewell My Summer Love" "Girl You're So Together" "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Speed Demon" "Liberian Girl" "Just Good Friends" "Another Part of Me" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Smooth Criminal" "Leave Me Alone" "Twenty-Five Miles"
1990s	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"
2000s	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"
2010s	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "I'm So Blue" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Blue Gangsta"
2020s	"She's Trouble"
Other	"We Are the World" "Mind Is the Magic" "What More Can I Give" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" "Diamonds Are Invincible"
Featured	"Ease on Down the Road" "A Brand New Day" "Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "We Be Ballin'" "Girls, Girls, Girls" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More to Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"
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