One Night at a Time

{{Infobox song | name = One Night at a Time | cover = One night at a time.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = George Strait | album = Carrying Your Love with Me | B-side = Won't You Come Home (and Talk To a Stranger) | released = March 10, 1997 | recorded = {{start date|1996|9|26}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Latest Greatest Straitest Hits |others=George Strait |year=2000 |type=CD |publisher=MCA Nashville}}</ref> | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = {{unbulleted list|{{duration|m=3|s=49}} (album version)|{{duration|m=3|s=19}} (single edit)}} | label = MCA Nashville | writer = Roger Cook, Eddie Kilgallon, Earl Bud Lee | producer = Tony Brown and George Strait | prev_title = King of the Mountain | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Carrying Your Love with Me | next_year = 1997 }} '''"One Night at a Time"''' is a song written by Roger Cook, Eddie Kilgallon, and Earl Bud Lee, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in March 1997 as the first single from his album ''Carrying Your Love with Me''. The song reached the top of the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.

==Critical reception== ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that while it has a little more pop-leaning production than a normal Strait record, the melody is "pretty and the flourishes of Mexicali-sounding guitar riffs add an intriguing flavor", going on to say that the song has a "light summertime feel to it."<ref>''Billboard'', March 15, 1997</ref>

==Chart positions== "One Night at a Time" debuted at number 37 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 15, 1997. {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1997) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=3207|publishdate=May 12, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|59|artist=George Strait}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=George Strait}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1997) !scope="col"|Position |- | Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7902&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997|work=RPM|date=December 15, 1997|access-date=July 17, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 13 |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1997: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1997| access-date=July 17, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 2 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1997 singles Category:1996 songs Category:George Strait songs Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Category:Songs written by Roger Cook (songwriter) Category:MCA Nashville Records singles