Making Time
| "Making Time" | |
|---|---|
| 1966 Denmark issue | |
| Single by The Creation | |
| from the album We Are Paintermen | |
| B-side | "Try and Stop Me" |
| Released | 17 June 1966 (1966年06月17日) |
| Recorded | 18–19 May 1966 |
| Studio | IBC Studios, London |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:58 |
| Label | Planet/Philips |
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Shel Talmy |
| The Creation singles chronology | |
"Making Time" is the debut single by English rock band the Creation, released in 1966. It was written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips.[1] The lyrics portray the experience of working in a clock factory while co-workers listen to their favourites on the radio.[citation needed ] The song features an electric guitar played with a violin bow.[2]
Cover versions
[edit ]The song has been covered by Das Damen, Little Free Rock, Television Personalities, Circle Jerks and Green Bullfrog. You Am I released a version of the song on "Beat Party!", a bonus disc that came with initial copies of their album Hourly, Daily .
The single's B-side "Try and Stop Me" was covered by The Radiators from Space on their 1979 "Let's Talk About the Weather" single.
Use in other media
[edit ]It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 film Rushmore and in an Xfinity TV commercial in 2017.[3] In the film The Reader (2008) it stood for a time shift from 1958 to the mid sixties playing as background music.[4] It was also used in an Audi USA commercial in 2018.[5] Since 2017, it has been the theme song of The Great Pottery Throw Down .[6]
The mid-1980s band Makin' Time was named after the song.[citation needed ]
References
[edit ]- ^ Discogs (June 1966). "Creation, The (2) – Making Time / Try And Stop Me". Discogs . Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Making Time - The Creation". www.makingtime.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "XFINITY XFi TV Commercial, 'Can't Live Without It' Song by The Creation". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ The Reader (2008) - Soundtracks - IMDb , retrieved 2023年04月22日
- ^ "Summer of Audi Sales Event TV Commercial, 'Promote Yourself' Song by The Creation". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "The Great Pottery Throw Down, Series 2 Episode 1". BBC iPlayer . 28 March 2017.
External links
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