Life Gets Away
{{Infobox song
| name = Life Gets Away
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Clint Black
| album = One Emotion
| B-side = The Kid
| released = October 9, 1995
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| recorded =
| studio =
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| genre = Country
| length = 2:56
| label = RCA Nashville
| writer = Clint Black
Hayden Nicholas
Thom Schuyler
| producer = James Stroud
Clint Black
| prev_title = One Emotion
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Like the Rain
| next_year = 1996
}}
"Life Gets Away" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in October 1995 as the fifth and final single from Black's album One Emotion. The song reached number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1995[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=clint black|chart=Country Songs}} Clint Black Chart History] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2841&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=5a1k6852abtddsgbvbdnj564h7 RPM Country Tracks] It was written by Black, Hayden Nicholas and Thom Schuyler.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the production is "lively with an anthemic feel, but the meat of the song is in the undeniable truth of the lyrics: 'Life gets away from us all.'"Billboard, October 21, 1995
Chart performance
"Life Gets Away" debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 14, 1995.
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!align="left"|Chart (1995) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=2841|publishdate=December 18, 1995|accessdate=July 20, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Clint Black}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"|Chart (1996)
!scope="col"|Position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9734&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996|work=RPM|date=December 16, 1996|accessdate=July 20, 2013}}
| align="center" | 77 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Clint Black
Category:Songs written by Hayden Nicholas
Category:Songs written by Thom Schuyler
Category:Song recordings produced by Clint Black
Category:Song recordings produced by James Stroud
Category:RCA Records Nashville singles
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