| Once in a Blue Moon | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Earl Thomas Conley |
| Album: | Greatest Hits |
| B-Side: | I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before) |
| Released: | January 27, 1986 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:37 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Earl Thomas Conley Nelson Larkin |
| Prev Title: | Nobody Falls Like a Fool |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Too Many Times |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Once in a Blue Moon" is a song written by Robert Byrne and Tom Brasfield, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in January 1986 as the second and final single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. The song was Conley's eleventh number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]
A music video for the song was released and has been seen on GAC. During the video's prologue, "Silent Treatment" (Conley's first top 10 hit) can be heard in the background.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 88.