{{Infobox song | name = In Another Lifetime | cover = Desert Rose Band In Another Lifetime 1990 Single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Desert Rose Band | album = Pages of Life | B-side = Just a Memory | released = February 1990 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country, country rock | length = 3:28 (edited version)<br />4:50 (album version) | label = MCA/Curb | writer = Chris Hillman, Steve Hill | producer = Paul Worley, Ed Seay | prev_title = Start All Over Again | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Story of Love | next_year = 1990 }} "'''In Another Lifetime'''" is a song recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in February 1990 as the second single from the band's third studio album ''Pages of Life''. The song was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Paul Worley and Ed Seay.
"In Another Lifetime" peaked at number 13 on the American Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart,<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=Desert Rose Band |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/desert-rose-band-mn0000206529/awards |title=Desert Rose Band - Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref> and number 18 on Canada's RPM Country Singles Chart.<ref name="collectionscanada1">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1254&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref><ref name="collectionscanada2">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4&q1=desert+rose+another+lifetime&q2=Country+Singles&interval=50 |title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref> In a 1990 Curb Records press release, Hillman noted the song featured Jorgenson "playing guitar like Eric Clapton."<ref>{{cite press release |date=January 16, 1993 |title=The Desert Rose Band |publisher=MCA Records, Curb Records |url=http://www.drb-fans.com/images/reviews/DRB%201990%2001-01.pdf |via=drb-fans.com |access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref>
==Promotion== The song's music video was directed by Bill Pope. It was produced by ET/VideoLink, a division of Edwards Technology Video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/ET%2FVideoLink |title=ET/VideoLink - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref> On March 1, 1990, the band performed the song live on ''Nashville Now''.<ref>{{cite web|author=mcbyrds |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhgRYaSHZ7U |title=Desert Rode Band. "In Another Lifetime." |publisher=YouTube |date=1990-01-03 |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Upon release, Mike Weatherford of ''The Durant Daily Democrat'' commented: "Traditional [country] the band may be, but its last single, "In Another Lifetime," could have been released by The Eagles in their heyday."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OwNbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-E0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3851,2220923&dq=desert+rose+another+lifetime&hl=en|title=Desert Rose Band Rolls with The Times|author=Mike Weatherford|work=The Durant Daily Democrat|date=Sep 30, 1990}}</ref> The ''San Jose Mercury News'' commented: "The rock edge of "In Another Lifetime" provides a provocative hint as to the range that country rock can achieve."<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&q=desert+rose+another+lifetime&oq=desert+rose+another+lifetime&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.150496.155699.0.155812.38.4.5.29.34.0.138.416.2j2.4.0...0.0...1ac.1._Kd31Aul58c#q=desert+rose+another+lifetime&hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&source=lnt&tbs=ar:1&sa=X&psj=1&ei=yf-DULyEFqKx0QXIwoCgBQ&ved=0CCMQpwUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=19926bcafb9aed8e&bpcl=35466521&biw=1280&bih=587 Google News Search]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB731A11FB28401&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title= PURE HARD-PORE CORNOGRAPHY|work=San Jose Mercury News | date=1990-02-04}}</ref>
In 2010, Randy Lewis of the ''Los Angeles Times'' said of the song: "What made the group's approach such a treat a quarter-century ago was the way the players started with the impeccable instrumental and vocal chops common to bluegrass and infused them with a pronounced jolt of rock energy. It also brought the folk-rock singer-songwriter ethos to many of their songs. "In Another Lifetime" puts forth the questions, "Have I lived through the best of times?/Have I hurt anyone?," weaving in a level of self-reflection that hasn't always been at the forefront of the Country genre."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/05/live-review-desert-rose-band-reunion-in-bakersfield.html |title=Live review: Desert Rose Band reunion in Bakersfield|publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2010-05-28 |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref>
==Track listing== ;7" single #"In Another Lifetime" - 4:50 #"Just a Memory" - 3:31
;7" single (American/Canadian promo) #"In Another Lifetime" - 3:28 #"In Another Lifetime" - 4:50
;Cassette single #"In Another Lifetime" - 4:50 #"Just a Memory" - 3:31
==Personnel== * Chris Hillman - lead vocals, acoustic guitar * Herb Pedersen - acoustic guitar, backing vocals * John Jorgenson - lead guitar, backing vocals * Jay Dee Maness - pedal steel guitar * Bill Bryson - bass * Steve Duncan - drums
'''Production'' * Paul Worley, Ed Seay - producers
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1990) !Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Canadacountry|18|chartid=1254|publishdate=June 16, 1990|access-date=August 23, 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|13|artist=Desert Rose Band}} |}
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