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{{Infobox song
| name       = Not a Day Goes By
| cover      = Not a Day Goes By.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Lonestar]]
| album      = [[I'm Already There]]
| B-side     = Unusually Unusual
| released   = {{start date|2002|1|21}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country pop]]
| length     = 4:08
| label      = [[BNA Records|BNA]] 69134
| writer     = {{hlist|Maribeth Derry|Steve Diamond}}
| producer   = [[Dann Huff]]
| prev_title = [[With Me (Lonestar song)|With Me]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = [[Unusually Unusual]]
| next_year  = 2002
}}
'''"Not a Day Goes By"''' is a song written by Maribeth Derry and Steve Diamond, and recorded by American [[country music]] band [[Lonestar]]. It was released in January 2002 as the third single from their 2001 album, ''[[I'm Already There]]''.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> The song reached the Top 5 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart.
==Content==
The narrator discusses a breakup and states that he thinks about his ex every day.
Due to its tone and subject matter, "Not a Day Goes By" is considered one of Lonestar’s darker songs, alongside "[[I'm Already There (song)|I’m Already There]]", their 2001 single revolving around family separation.
==Music video==
The music video was directed by Lawrence Carroll and premiered in early 2002.
==Chart performance==
"Not a Day Goes By" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 26, 2002.
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!align="left"|Chart (2002)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Lonestar|artistid=139045}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|36|artist=Lonestar|artistid=139045}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
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!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Position
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| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2002: Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |year=2002 | accessdate=July 24, 2012}}</ref>
| align="center" | 18
|}
==References==
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[[Category:2002 singles]]
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[[Category:Song recordings produced by Dann Huff]]
[[Category:BNA Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Maribeth Derry]]
[[Category:Songs written by Steve Diamond (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Country ballads]]
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