One Less Day (Dying Young)

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"One Less Day (Dying Young)"
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Single by Rob Thomas
from the album Chip Tooth Smile
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)
Genre
Length3:04
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Rob Thomas
Producer(s) Butch Walker
Rob Thomas singles chronology
"Heaven Help Me"
(2016)
"One Less Day (Dying Young)"
(2019)
"Can't Help Me Now"
(2019)

"One Less Day (Dying Young)" is a song by American singer Rob Thomas. It is the first single from the album Chip Tooth Smile , released on February 20, 2019.

Contents

Background

He told Billboard that when he was in his 20s, he "simultaneously thought that I was going to live forever and I wasn't going to make it past 25".

"One Less Day" was prompted by the realization that, at 47, he "was already too old to die young". [2]

Music

The song is about getting older and is an ode to life. He sees every day he lives as a privilege. [2]

I'm not afraid of getting older

I'm one less day from dying youngI see the light go past my shoulder

I'm one less day from dying young

Charts

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