<P> In the "Once in a Lifetime" music video, Byrne appears in a large, empty white room, dressed in a suit, bowtie and glasses . He dances erratically, imitating the movements of religious rituals or moving in "spasmic" full - body contortions . In the background, inserted via bluescreen, footage of religious rituals or multiple Byrnes appear . At the end of the video, Byrne is replaced by a "normal" version of himself in a white, open - collared shirt and no glasses, in a black room . </P> <P> The song gained modest chart success, peaking at #14 on the UK Singles Chart and at #31 in the Dutch singles chart . A live version, taken from the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, charted in early 1986, reaching #91 on the Hot 100 . </P> <P> In 1996, Kermit the Frog performed the song on an episode of Muppets Tonight . Kermit appears in Byrne's "big suit" and mimics Byrne's dances from Stop Making Sense . </P> <P> In 2016, Guardian writer Malcolm Jack wrote: "' Once in a Lifetime' is a thing of dizzying power, beauty and mystery...it sounds like nothing else in the history of pop ." In 2000, NPR named "Once in a Lifetime" one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century . It is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll . </P>

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