Give Me Just a Little More Time
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| "Give Me Just a Little More Time" | ||
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| Single by Chairmen of the Board | ||
| from the album Chairmen of the Board (aka Give Me Just a Little More Time) | ||
| Released | 1970 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | HDH Studios, Detroit, Michigan, 1970 | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Length | 2:40 | |
| Label | Invictus 9074 |
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| Writer(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland Ron Dunbar |
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| Producer(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |
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| Chairmen of the Board singles chronology | ||
| -- | "Give Me Just a Little More Time" (1970) |
"You've Got Me Dangling On A String" (1970) |
"Give Me Just a Little More Time" is a the debut single for Chairmen of the Board, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music) through Capitol Records on Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus Records label.
The song was produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, and written by the trio with Ron Dunbar. Because of then still pending lawsuit against Holland-Dozier-Holland from their former employers, Motown Records, the trio credited themselves with the pseudonm "Edyth Wayne" for this song and many other early Invictus/Hot Wax releases. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" features Chairmen of the Board lead singer General Johnson as the narrator, begging a lover who rejected him to reconsider and give him "just a little more time".
"Give Me Just a Little More Time", backed with "Since the Days of Pigtails", peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, making it the best-performing of the Chairmen's singles, and the first of the Chairmen's four Billboard Top 40 pop hits. The single also peaked at number-eight on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. The first Chairmen of the Board LP, a self-titled release, included the single; after the single's success, the Chairmen of the Board album was reissued as Give Me Just a Little More Time.
The most notable cover of "Give Me Just a Little More Time" is a 1992 version by Kylie Minogue. One of the last tracks to be recorded for the Let's Get to It album, Minogue's cover debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her tenth single to go to number one or number two on the UK charts. The single was backed by the techno-influenced "Do You Dare," a nod to the growing rave culture of the time.
