One Day in Your Life ( Michael Jackson song ) - Wikipedia One Day in Your Life ( Michael Jackson song ) `` One Day in Your Life '' Single by Michael Jackson from the album Forever, Michael and One Day in Your Life B - side `` Take Me Back '' Released March 25, 1981 Format 7 '' single 12 '' single Recorded October -- December 1974 Genre Pop soul R&B Length 4 : 15 Label Motown Records Songwriter ( s ) Sam Brown III Renée Armand Producer ( s ) Sam Brown Michael Jackson singles chronology `` Night Time Lover '' ( 1980 ) `` One Day in Your Life '' ( 1981 ) `` The Girl Is Mine '' ( 1982 ) `` Night Time Lover '' ( 1980 ) `` One Day in Your Life '' ( 1981 ) `` The Girl Is Mine '' ( 1982 ) Audio sample file help `` One Day in Your Life '' is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1975 album, Forever, Michael. Written by Sam Brown III and composed by Renée Armand, it was later released in 1981 as a single off the compilation album One Day in Your Life due to the commercial interest that generated from the sales of Jackson 's hit 1979 album Off the Wall, even though Jackson released that album on a different label. Jackson and Whitney Houston rehearsed and were meant to perform the song during the 2001 Michael Jackson : 30th Anniversary Special concerts, but for unknown reasons the song was not performed. While a modest US hit, it was a bigger hit in the UK, where it became Jackson 's first solo recording to hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was number one in the UK for two weeks in June and July 1981. It also topped the Irish Singles Chart, and also featured strongly on the South African singles charts. It was released on the Motown label. It went on to become the sixth best - selling single of 1981 in the UK. Robert Christgau called this song a romantic ballad that is as credible on its `` own terms as the rockers. '' Charts Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 9 Dutch Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 55 Chart ( 2009 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 94 References ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 395. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Consumer Guide : March 17, 1975 ''. Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ Ron Wynn. `` One Day in Your Life - Michael Jackson Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 29. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived March 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Being with You '' by Smokey Robinson UK Singles Chart number - one single 27 June 1981 - 4 July 1981 Succeeded by `` Ghost Town '' by The Specials Michael Jackson songs Discography Got to Be There `` Ai n't No Sunshine '' `` I Wanna Be Where You Are '' `` Got to Be There '' `` Rockin ' Robin '' `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' `` You 've Got a Friend '' Ben `` Ben '' `` Everybody 's Somebody 's Fool '' `` My Girl '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' Music & Me `` With a Child 's Heart '' `` All the Things You Are '' `` Happy '' `` Too Young '' `` Doggin ' Around '' `` Music & Me '' Forever, Michael `` We 're Almost There '' `` One Day in Your Life '' `` Just a Little Bit of You '' Off the Wall `` Do n't Stop ' Til You Get Enough '' `` Rock with You '' `` Workin ' Day and Night '' `` Off the Wall '' `` Girlfriend '' `` She 's Out of My Life '' `` It 's the Falling in Love '' Thriller `` Wanna Be Startin ' Somethin ' '' `` The Girl Is Mine '' `` Thriller '' `` Beat It '' `` Billie Jean '' `` Human Nature '' `` P.Y.T. ( Pretty Young Thing ) '' Bad `` Bad '' `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' `` Speed Demon '' `` Liberian Girl '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` Another Part of Me '' `` Man in the Mirror '' `` I Just Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` Dirty Diana '' `` Smooth Criminal '' `` Leave Me Alone '' Dangerous `` Jam '' `` In the Closet '' `` Remember the Time '' `` Ca n't Let Her Get Away '' `` Heal the World '' `` Black or White '' `` Who Is It '' `` Give In to Me '' `` Will You Be There '' `` Gone Too Soon '' `` Dangerous '' HIStory `` Scream '' `` They Do n't Care About Us '' `` Stranger in Moscow '' `` This Time Around '' `` Earth Song '' `` D.S. '' `` Come Together '' `` You Are Not Alone '' `` Childhood '' `` Tabloid Junkie '' `` HIStory '' `` Smile '' Blood on the Dance Floor `` Blood on the Dance Floor '' `` Ghosts '' `` Is It Scary '' Invincible `` Heaven Can Wait '' `` You Rock My World '' `` Butterflies '' `` Speechless '' `` Cry '' Michael `` Hold My Hand '' `` Hollywood Tonight '' `` ( I Like ) The Way You Love Me '' `` Monster '' `` Breaking News '' `` ( I Ca n't Make It ) Another Day '' `` Behind the Mask '' Xscape `` Love Never Felt So Good '' `` Chicago '' `` Loving You '' `` A Place with No Name '' `` Slave to the Rhythm '' `` Blue Gangsta '' Other `` We Are the World '' `` Twenty - Five Miles '' `` On the Line '' `` What More Can I Give '' `` One More Chance '' `` Cheater '' `` Fall Again '' `` This Is It '' `` Mind Is the Magic '' `` Do n't Be Messin ' ' Round '' `` Price of Fame '' Featured `` Night Time Lover '' `` Say Say Say '' `` Somebody 's Watching Me '' `` Tell Me I 'm Not Dreamin ' ( Too Good to Be True ) '' `` Get It '' `` 2300 Jackson Street '' `` Do the Bartman '' `` Whatzupwitu '' `` Why '' `` I Need You '' `` We Be Ballin ' '' `` We Are the World 25 for Haiti '' `` All in Your Name '' `` There Must Be More To Life Than This '' Book Portal WikiProject This 1970s R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote the song one day in your life
Answer: Sam Brown III