Time (The Alan Parsons Project song)

"Time" is a song released in 1981 as a single by the Alan Parsons Project. It was from their 1980 album The Turn of a Friendly Card. In the U.S., the song peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] On the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, "Time" peaked at #10.[2] In addition, "Time" spent two weeks at #14 on Cash Box, making it the group's second most successful single ("Don't Answer Me" from 1984 also reached No. 15 on the Hot 100, but reached No. 17 on Cash Box).[3] Cash Box ranked it as the 94th biggest hit of 1981.[4] Outside the US, the song peaked at #30 in Canada.

"Time"
Single by The Alan Parsons Project
from the album The Turn of a Friendly Card
B-side	"The Gold Bug"
Released	April 1981
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:04 4:11 (single version)
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Producer(s)	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology
"Games People Play" (1980) "Time" (1981) "Snake Eyes" (1981)
Audio
"Time" on YouTube

The song was the first Alan Parsons Project song (and single) to feature Eric Woolfson as lead vocalist, and one of the group's few songs in which Alan Parsons's own voice can be heard singing (background/counterpoint vocals).

Release history

Country	Date
United States	April 1981
United Kingdom	August 1981

Charts

Year-end chart (1981)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[5]	48

References

1. "Music: Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 190.
3. "Top 100 1981-08-15". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
4. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1981". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
5. "Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 93 no. 51. 26 December 1981. p. YE-9. Retrieved 5 April 2020.