Introduction:
“One Night at a Time” by George Strait was released on March 4, 1997, as the lead single from his album Carrying Your Love with Me. The song showcases Strait’s signature smooth vocal style and blends traditional country with modern elements, featuring Spanish guitar and steel guitar prominently in the arrangement. Written by Eddie Kilgallon, Roger Cook, and Earl Bud Lee, the track explores themes of romance and desire, with a storyline that, while light-hearted and charming, touches on an affair. However, Strait’s relaxed delivery and Tony Brown’s seamless production made it more romantic than scandalous to most listeners.
The song was a commercial success, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, where it stayed for five weeks. It also became one of Strait’s longest-running No. 1 hits during the late ’90s, cementing his status as a country music legend. The album Carrying Your Love with Me went on to achieve multi-platinum status, with “One Night at a Time” being a standout track.
The song’s success was driven by its broad appeal, thanks to its classic country feel mixed with a contemporary production style, making it popular with both traditionalists and newer country audiences.
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Lyrics:
“One Night At A Time”
I’m not yours and baby you’re not mine.
We’ve got something that sure is fine.
Let’s take our love one night at a time.There’s one thing that we both agree.
I like you and baby you like me.
Let’s take our love one night at a time.All night, love all night, practice makes perfect, gonna get it right
Gonna get it right, one night at a time.Oh I think about you all day long.
It feels so good, it can’t be wrong.
I got my fingers crossed that this goes on and on.Tomorrow well that’s another day.
Come on baby, now whatta you say.
Let’s take our love one night at a time.