Solo una Volta (o tutto la vita), meaning "only once (or a lifetime)" is a single from Alex Britti's 1998 album It.Pop.
Background
The tune is a post-modern Italian popular music song. It was also Britti's debut single. A Spanish promo version was released, and It.pop was released in October, 1998. In November it reached number three on the Italian pop charts. The week before Halloween it reached number two.
Notable lyrics include: C'era una volta, o forse erano due, meaning "Once upon a time, or maybe there were two".
References
Solo una volta (o tutta la vita) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA