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Time of the Season

<p>"<b>Time of the Season</b>" is a song by the British rock band <a href="/en/The_Zombies" title="The Zombies" class="wl">the Zombies</a>, featured on their 1968 album <i><a href="/en/Odessey_and_Oracle" title="Odessey and Oracle" class="wl">Odessey and Oracle</a></i>. It was written by keyboard player <a href="/en/Rod_Argent" title="Rod Argent" class="wl">Rod Argent</a> and recorded at <a href="/en/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios" class="wl">Abbey Road Studios</a> in August 1967. Over a year after its original release, the track became a surprise hit in the <a href="/en/United_States" title="United States" class="wl">United States</a>, rising to number three on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/en/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100" class="wl">Hot 100</a> and number one on the <i><a href="/en/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)" class="wl">Cashbox</a></i> chart. It has become one of the Zombies' most popular and recognizable songs, and an iconic hit of 1960s <a href="/en/Psychedelic_music" title="Psychedelic music" class="wl">psychedelia</a>.</p>

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font-size: 125%;">"Time of the Season"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png/220px-Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="790" data-file-type="bitmap" height="219" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png/330px-Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png/440px-Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png 2x" alt="Time_of_the_Season_by_The_Zombies_UK_single_side-A.png"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Side A of 1968 UK single</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;"><a href="/en/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)" class="wl">Single</a> by <a href="/en/The_Zombies" title="The Zombies" class="wl">the Zombies</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/en/Odessey_and_Oracle" title="Odessey and Oracle" class="wl">Odessey and Oracle</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side" class="wl">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>"I'll Call You Mine" (UK)</li><li>"Friends of Mine (US)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">March<span>&nbsp;</span>1968<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1968-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio" class="wl">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/en/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios" class="wl">Abbey Road</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Music_genre" title="Music genre" class="wl">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock" class="wl">Psychedelic rock</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Blue-eyed_soul" title="Blue-eyed soul" class="wl">blue-eyed soul</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Allmusic_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></li></ul>
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">
<ul><li><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">34</span></span> (album version)</li>
<li><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">56</span></span> (single edit)</li></ul>
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_label" title="Record label" class="wl">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/en/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records" class="wl">CBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Songwriter" title="Songwriter" class="wl">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/en/Rod_Argent" title="Rod Argent" class="wl">Rod Argent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/en/Record_producer" title="Record producer" class="wl">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">The Zombies</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: khaki;"><a href="/en/The_Zombies" title="The Zombies" class="wl">The Zombies</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Time of the Season</b>" <br>(1968)</td>
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</tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:khaki">Lyric video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ecsAI3FhY" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="plainlinks">"The Zombies – 'Time Of The Season' (lyric video)"</span></a> on <a href="/en/YouTube" title="YouTube" class="wl">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
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"Time of the Season" is a song by the British rock band the Zombies, featured on their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. It was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967. Over a year after its original release, the track became a surprise hit in the United States, rising to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Cashbox chart. It has become one of the Zombies' most popular and recognizable songs, and an iconic hit of 1960s psychedelia. 