Once In A Lifetime (track)
by Talking Heads
Year: 1984
From the album Stop Making Sense (track #6)
Once In A Lifetime appears on the following album(s) by Talking Heads:
- Remain In Light (track #4) (1980)
- Stop Making Sense (track #6) (this album) (1984)
- Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline (track #14) (compilation) (1992)
- The Best Of Talking Heads (track #9) (compilation) (2004)
- Brick Box Set (track #37) (compilation) (2005)
- Once In A Lifetime: The Best Of- (track #3) (compilation) (1992)
Price
eBay
Condition: Used
eBay
Condition: Brand New
eBay
Condition: Used
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Once In A Lifetime on YouTube
Once In A Lifetime ratings
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
85/100  | 08/10/2025 22:40 | daCritic | | 76/100 |
90/100 | 07/13/2025 08:00 | zsolti | | 80/100 |
100/100 | 07/12/2025 14:39 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
65/100 | 06/28/2025 21:03 | habibi333 | | 65/100 |
90/100 | 06/22/2025 15:20 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.0/100, a mean average of 90.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Once In A Lifetime favourites
Showing all 17 members who have added this track as a favourite
Once In A Lifetime comments
Be the first to add a comment for this track - add your comment!
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Once In A Lifetime
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.