Thank You for a Lifetime

"Thank You for a Lifetime"
"Thank You for a Lifetime"
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album The 50th Anniversary Album
B-side	"Mobile Alabama School Leaving Hullabaloo" (1978, previously unreleased)
Released	8 September 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Pop
Songwriter(s)	Jeremy Ashurst ; Charles Grant ; Peter Woodroffe
Cliff Richard singles chronology

"Thank You for a Lifetime" is a 2008 single by Cliff Richard to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his music career. The single release reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2] The song is a tribute to his fans, and features the line "I gave you a lifetime, you gave me the time of my life".^{[citation needed]} As of 2021, it remains his last UK Top 10 hit.

Charts[]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	13
Scotland (OCC)^[4]	1
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	3
UK Physical Singles (Official Charts Company)^[6]	1

References[]

^ "Ascap entry for song". ASCAP. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
^ "Thank You for a Lifetime - Cliff Richard Song Database". cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Hits of the World – Euro Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 120 no. 39. 27 September 2008. p. 62. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

[1] "Ascap entry for song". ASCAP. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

[song-2] "Thank You for a Lifetime - Cliff Richard Song Database". cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[3] "Hits of the World – Euro Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 120 no. 39. 27 September 2008. p. 62. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

[sc_Scotland_-4] "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[sc_UK_-5] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[6] "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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show v t Cliff Richard singles discography
1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" (1959)
1960s	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) "Fall in Love with You" (1960) "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "Theme for a Dream" (1961) "Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms..." (1961) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "Don't Talk to Him" (1963) "Maria No Mas" (1963) "I'm the Lonely One" (1964) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "On the Beach" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Angel" (1965) "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "Time Drags By" (1966) "In the Country" (1966) "It's All Over" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969)
1970s	"Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) "My Kinda Life" (1977) "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) "Green Light" (1979) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Dreamin'" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) "Wired for Sound" (1981) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "The Only Way Out" (1982) "Little Town" (1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) "Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "She's So Beautiful" (1985) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "My Pretty One" (1987) "Some People" (1987) "Remember Me" (1987) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "The Best of Me" (1989) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Lean on You" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "I Still Believe in You" (1992) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "Human Work of Art" (1993) "Healing Love" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Misunderstood Man" (1995) "Had to Be" (1995) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "Let Me Be the One" (2002) "Santa's List" (2003) "Somethin' is Goin' On" (2004) "I Cannot Give You My Love" (2004) "What Car" (2005) "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Golden" (2015) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017) "(It's Gonna Be) Okay" (2017) "Rise Up" (2018) "Reborn" (2018)