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'''''Once in a Lifetime''''' is a three-CD box set by American post-punk/new wave band [[Talking Heads]], released in the United States by [[Sire Records|Sire]], Warner Bros, and [[Rhino Records|Rhino]] in 2003. The set also includes a[DVD containing an expanded version of the music video compilation ''[[Storytelling Giant]]''. The discs are packaged in a wide horizontal book that recalls a CD [[longbox]], featuring paintings by Russian artists Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov and with art direction by Stefan Sagmeister (for which he received a 2005 [[Grammy Award]] for Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package|Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package). Sagmeister would later work with [[David Byrne]] and [[Brian Eno]] on their 2008 collaborative album ''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]''.
'''''Once in a Lifetime''''' is a three-CD box set by American post-punk/new wave band [[Talking Heads]], released in the United States by [[Sire Records|Sire]], Warner Bros, and [[Rhino Records|Rhino]] in 2003. The set also includes a[DVD containing an expanded version of the music video compilation ''[[Storytelling Giant]]''. The discs are packaged in a wide horizontal book that recalls a CD [[longbox]], featuring paintings by Russian artists Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov and with art direction by Stefan Sagmeister (for which he received a 2005 [[Grammy Award]] for Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package|Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package). Sagmeister would later work with [[David Byrne]] and [[Brian Eno]] on their 2008 collaborative album ''[[Everything That Happens Will Happen Today]]''.


Only one previously unreleased song appears in this release: the ''[[Naked (Talking Heads album)|Naked]]'' outtake "In Asking Land", previously reworked into the song "Carnival Eyes" on Byrne's 1989 solo album ''[[Rei Momo]]''. Other non-album tracks are: "Sugar on My Tongue"—a 1975 studio demo, dating from when the band was still a trio (minus [[Jerry Harrison]]); the 1977 non-album single "[[Love → Building on Fire]]", the "[[Psycho Killer]]" [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That"; and two ''Naked''-era songs – "[[Sax and Violins]]" (finished in 1991 for the soundtrack to the film ''[[Until the End of the World]]'') and "Lifetime Piling Up" (finished in 1992 for the ''[[Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites|Sand in the Vaseline]]'' compilation). These non-album tracks had all been included on the 1992 compilation ''Sand in the Vaseline,'' though three non-album tracks (1975 studio demo "I Want to Live" and 1992's "Gangster of Love" and "Popsicle") remain exclusive to that compilation, in terms of CD releases. Remastered versions of these three tracks were later issued on the digital-only release ''[[Bonus Rarities and Outtakes]]'' in 2006.
Only one previously unreleased song appears in this release: the ''[[Naked]]'' outtake "In Asking Land", previously reworked into the song "Carnival Eyes" on Byrne's 1989 solo album ''[[Rei Momo]]''. Other non-album tracks are: "Sugar on My Tongue"—a 1975 studio demo, dating from when the band was still a trio (minus [[Jerry Harrison]]); the 1977 non-album single "[[Love → Building on Fire]]", the "[[Psycho Killer]]" [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That"; and two ''Naked''-era songs – "[[Sax and Violins]]" (finished in 1991 for the soundtrack to the film ''[[Until the End of the World]]'') and "Lifetime Piling Up" (finished in 1992 for the ''[[Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites|Sand in the Vaseline]]'' compilation). These non-album tracks had all been included on the 1992 compilation ''Sand in the Vaseline,'' though three non-album tracks (1975 studio demo "I Want to Live" and 1992's "Gangster of Love" and "Popsicle") remain exclusive to that compilation, in terms of CD releases. Remastered versions of these three tracks were later issued on the digital-only release ''[[Bonus Rarities and Outtakes]]'' in 2006.


This box set marked the first CD release of "A Clean Break", a 1977 live recording from 1982's ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''. However, that album was remastered and reissued in 2004 as a two-disc set.
This box set marked the first CD release of "A Clean Break", a 1977 live recording from 1982's ''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''. However, that album was remastered and reissued in 2004 as a two-disc set.
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| length20      = 5:31


| title21      = [[Heaven (Talking Heads song)|Heaven]]
| title21      = [[Heaven]]
| extra21      = ''[[Fear of Music]]'', 1979
| extra21      = ''[[Fear of Music]]'', 1979
| length21      = 4:01
| length21      = 4:01
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| length6      = 3:33
| length6      = 3:33


| title7        = [[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime]]
| title7        = [[Once in a Lifetime]]
| writer7      = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| writer7      = Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra7        = ''[[Remain in Light]]'', 1980
| extra7        = ''[[Remain in Light]]'', 1980
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| title12      = [[Burning Down the House]]
| title12      = [[Burning Down the House]]
| writer12      = Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| writer12      = Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra12      = ''[[Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)|Speaking in Tongues]]'', 1983
| extra12      = ''[[Speaking in Tongues]]'', 1983
| length12      = 4:01
| length12      = 4:01


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| title6        = [[Wild Wild Life]]
| title6        = [[Wild Wild Life]]
| extra6        = ''[[True Stories (Talking Heads album)|True Stories]]'', 1986
| extra6        = ''[[True Stories (album)|True Stories]]'', 1986
| length6      = 3:41
| length6      = 3:41


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| length10      = 5:09
| length10      = 5:09


| title11      = [[Blind (Talking Heads song)|Blind]]
| title11      = [[Blind]]
| writer11      = Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| writer11      = Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth
| extra11      = ''[[Naked (Talking Heads album)|Naked]]'', 1988
| extra11      = ''[[Naked]]'', 1988
| length11      = 5:00
| length11      = 5:00