Thank You for a Lifetime - Composition

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"Thank You for a Lifetime" is a 2008 pop 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]} It was written by Charlie Grant, Jez Ashurst and Pete Woodroffe. As of October 2022, it remains his last UK Top 10 hit.

"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

Label

EMI

Songwriter(s)

Jeremy Ashurst
Charles Grant
Peter Woodroffe [1]

Cliff Richard singles chronology

"When I Need You"
(2007)

"Thank You for a Lifetime"
(2008)

"Singing the Blues"
(2009)

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3]	13
Scotland (OCC)[4]	1
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	3
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[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.

Cliff Richard

Albums (UK)

1950s:	Cliff (1959, live) Cliff Sings (1959)
1960s:	Me and My Shadows (1960) Listen to Cliff! (1961) 21 Today (1961) 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds (1962) The Young Ones (1962, soundtrack) Summer Holiday (1963, soundtrack) When in Spain (1963) Wonderful Life (1964, soundtrack) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1964, cast album) Cliff Richard (1965) When in Rome (1965) Love is Forever (1965) Kinda Latin (1966) Finders Keepers (1966, soundtrack) Cinderella (1967, cast album) Don't Stop Me Now! (1967) Two a Penny (1968, soundtrack) Sincerely (1969)
1970s:	Cliff Live at the Talk of the Town (1970, live) Tracks 'n Grooves (1970) Take Me High (1974, soundtrack) The 31st of February Street (1974) I'm Nearly Famous (1976) Every Face Tells a Story (1977) Small Corners (1978, gospel) Green Light (1978) Thank You Very Much (1979, live) Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979)
1980s:	I'm No Hero (1980) Wired for Sound (1981) Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1982, gospel) Dressed for the Occasion (1983, live) Silver (1983) The Rock Connection (1984) Always Guaranteed (1987) Stronger (1989)
1990s:	From a Distance: The Event (1990, live) Together with Cliff Richard (1991) The Album (1993) Songs from Heathcliff (1995, stage show album) Real as I Wanna Be (1998)
2000s:	Wanted (2001) Cliff at Christmas (2003) Something's Goin' On (2004) Two's Company The Duets (2006) Love... The Album (2007) Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2009)
2010s:	Bold as Brass (2010) Soulicious (2011) The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook (2013) Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll (2016) Rise Up (2018)
2020s:	Music... The Air That I Breathe (2020)

EPs (UK)

Serious Charge (1959)
Expresso Bongo (1960)
Cliff's Silver Discs (1960)
Dream (1961)
Hits from the Young Ones (1962)
When in France (1964)

Compilations (UK)

Cliff's Hit Album (1963)
40 Golden Greats (1977)
Love Songs (1981)
Walking in the Light (1984, Gospel)
Private Collection: 1979–1988 (1988)
The Hit List (1994)
At the Movies 1959–1974 (1996)
The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits (2000)
The Platinum Collection (2005)
And They Said It Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years in Music (2008)
The 50th Anniversary Album (2008)
75 at 75 (2015)
Stronger Thru the Years (2017)

Discography
The Shadows

v t e Cliff Richard singles discography
1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" / "Dynamite" (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) "What'd I Say" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) "Forty Days" (1961) "Outsider" (1962) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "Catch Me" (1962) "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "Lessons in Love" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "Wonderful to Be Young" (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) "On My Word" (1965) "The Time in Between" (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) "I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "I'll Love You Forever Today" (1968) "Wonderful World" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Don't Forget to Catch Me" (1968) "Good Times (Better Times)" (1969) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969) "With the Eyes of a Child" (1969)
1970s	"The Joy of Living" (1970) "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Silvery Rain" (1971) "Flying Machine" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Jesus" (1972) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Help It Along" (1973) "Take Me High" (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) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (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) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "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) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017)

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