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.^[2] On the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, "Time" peaked at number 10.^[3] In addition, "Time" spent two weeks at number 14 on Cashbox, 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 Cashbox).^[4] Cashbox ranked it as the 94th biggest hit of 1981.^[5] Outside the US, the song peaked at number 30 in Canada.^[6]

"Time"
Single by The Alan Parsons Project
from the album The Turn of a Friendly Card
B-side	"The Gold Bug"
Released	April 1981 (US) 31 July 1981 (UK)[1]
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)
Music video
"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).

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1981) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 30 Canada RPM Top AC[8] 19 US Billboard Hot 100[9] 15 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[10] 10 US Cash Box Top 100[11] 14

Year-end charts Chart (1981) Rank US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[12] 48 US Cash Box [13] 94