# Every Once in a While

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Every Once in a While
| cover      = Blackhawk - Every once in a while cover.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Blackhawk](/source/Blackhawk_(band))
| album      = [Blackhawk](/source/Blackhawk_(album))
| B-side     = One More Heartache
| released   = April 4, 1994
| format     =
| recorded   = 1993
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length     = 3:40
| label      = [Arista Nashville](/source/Arista_Nashville)
| writer     = [Henry Paul](/source/Henry_Paul_(musician))<br/>Dave Robbins<br/>[Van Stephenson](/source/Van_Stephenson)
| producer   = [Mark Bright](/source/Mark_Bright_(record_producer))<br />[Tim DuBois](/source/Tim_DuBois)
| prev_title = [Goodbye Says It All](/source/Goodbye_Says_It_All)
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [I Sure Can Smell the Rain](/source/I_Sure_Can_Smell_the_Rain)
| next_year  = 1994
}}
"'''Every Once in a While'''" is a song recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) band  [Blackhawk](/source/Blackhawk_(band)).  It was released in April 1994 as the second single from their [self-titled debut album](/source/Blackhawk_(album)).  It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and at number 3 on Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> The song was written by all three members of the band.

==Content==
The song's narrator asks a former lover if she still thinks about him, and she says ''every once in a while''. In reality she constantly thinks about their old relationship and wants to return to the way things were. It is in the key of [E major](/source/E_major).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113145050/ | title=Blackhawk harbors a fresh sound | work=[The Tennessean](/source/The_Tennessean) | date=September 4, 1994 | accessdate=November 13, 2024 | pages=4}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Deborah Evans Price of ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the trio "blends sharp hooks and heavenly harmony on this satisfying sophomore single." She goes on to say that Paul's voice "grows on you, and that's a good thing, because it looks like BlackHawk is going to be around for a while."<ref>''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_magazine)'', April 9, 1994</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Michael Oblowitz.

==Chart performance==
"Every Once in a While" debuted at number 74 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of April 16, 1994, and peaked at number 2 on the week of July 23, 1994.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1994)
!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|3|chartid=2541|publishdate=July 25, 1994|accessdate=August 4, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Blackhawk}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1994)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2685&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994|work=[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))|date=December 12, 1994|accessdate=August 4, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 24
|-
| US [Country Songs](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1994: Country Songs | work=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) | publisher=[Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media) | date=1994| accessdate=August 4, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 13
|}

==References==
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Category:1994 singles
Category:1994 songs
Category:Blackhawk (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Van Stephenson
Category:Arista Nashville singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Mark Bright (record producer)
Category:Songs written by Dave Robbins (keyboardist)
Category:Songs written by Henry Paul (musician)

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