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"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 and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. 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.'"

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.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	77

References

Clint Black Chart History
RPM Country Tracks
Billboard, October 21, 1995
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2841." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
"Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

v t e Clint Black singles
Killin' Time	"A Better Man" "Killin' Time" "Nobody's Home" "Walkin' Away" "Nothing's News"
Put Yourself in My Shoes	"Put Yourself in My Shoes" "Loving Blind" "One More Payment" "Where Are You Now"
The Hard Way	"We Tell Ourselves" "Burn One Down" "When My Ship Comes In"
No Time to Kill	"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd) "No Time to Kill" "State of Mind" "A Good Run of Bad Luck" "Half the Man"
One Emotion	"Untanglin' My Mind" "Wherever You Go" "Summer's Comin'" "One Emotion" "Life Gets Away"
Greatest Hits	"Like the Rain" "Half Way Up"
Nothin' but the Taillights	"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride) "Something That We Do" "Nothin' but the Taillights" "The Shoes You're Wearing" "Loosen Up My Strings" "You Don't Need Me Now"
D'lectrified	"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black) "Been There" (with Steve Wariner) "Love She Can't Live Without"
Spend My Time	"Spend My Time"
Other songs	"Desperado" "Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way" (with Waylon Jennings) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) "Long Cool Woman"

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