Takes a Little Time (Amy Grant song)

"Takes a Little Time" was a maxi-single released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) to promote Amy Grant's album Behind the Eyes, which was also released that year. "Takes a Little Time" included two songs from Behind the Eyes, as well as a new version of Grant's 1982 Christian radio hit, "El Shaddai". The maxi-single was also an enhanced CD (ECD), a video could be viewed when inserted into a home computer. The ECD portion of the CD contained a live acoustic version of the song After the Fire, which Grant later released on her 2003 album Simple Things; Grant stated on Oprah that she had written the song for her mother.

"Takes a Little Time"
Single by Amy Grant
from the album Behind the Eyes
Released	1997
Recorded	Secret Studio, Franklin, TN
Genre	CCM, adult contemporary, pop
Length	4:33
Label	Myrrh/Word
Songwriter(s)	Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick
Producer(s)	Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick, John Darnall
Amy Grant singles chronology
"The Things We Do for Love" (1996) "Takes a Little Time" (1997) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1997)

Track listing

1. "Takes a Little Time" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 4:33
2. "Somewhere Down the Road" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 5:09
3. "El Shaddai '97" (Card, Thompson) - 4:10

• Bonus multimedia track - 39:14

Production

source:[1]

• Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick, John Darnall
• Engineers: Dan Marnien, John Darnall
• Arranger: Keith Thomas
• Design: Kurt Markus

Chart positions

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 21 US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 25 US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 15 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 4

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 85

References

1. Takes a Little Time at AllMusic
2. "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics