This Is the Right Time

"This Is the Right Time"
Single by Lisa Stansfield
from the album Affection
B-side "Affection"
"You Can't Deny It"
Released August 4, 1989
Format CD single
CD maxi
7" single
12" maxi
Recorded 1989
Genre Dance-pop, R&B
Length 4:29
Label Arista
Writer(s) Lisa Stansfield
Ian Devaney
Andy Morris
Producer Coldcut
Lisa Stansfield singles chronology
"People Hold On"
(Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield)
(1989)		 "This Is the Right Time"
(1989)		 "All Around the World"
(1989)

"This Is the Right Time" is a song by British singer Lisa Stansfield, released during the summer of 1989 from her first album, Affection. The song became her first single to reach the UK singles chart, where it reached #13 and remained on the chart for eight weeks. In the U.S., the single was released in the fall of 1990, where it peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also reached #1 on the American dance chart, her second song to top this chart ("All Around the World" had gone to #1 on the dance chart earlier in 1990).

Contents

Track listings

7" single
Europe
  1. "This Is the Right Time" — 4:12
  2. "Affection" — 4:22
U.S.
  1. "This Is the Right Time" (U.S. mix) — 4:12
  2. "You Can't Deny It" (U.S. mix) — 4:22
12" maxi
  1. "This Is the Right Time" (extended version) — 5:40
  2. "Affection" — 5:52
  3. "This Is the Right Time" (Miles Ahead mix) — 7:45
CD maxi
  1. "This Is the Right Time" — 4:12
  2. "This Is the Right Time" (Miles Ahead mix) — 5:25
  3. "Affection" — 4:22
  4. "Big Thing" — 5:40

Charts

Chart (1989-1990) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 20
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 49
German Singles Chart[2] 17
UK Singles Chart[3] 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 21
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs[4] 13
Preceded by
"Dance, Dance" by Deskee		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
October 13, 1990		 Succeeded by
"Doin' the Do" by Betty Boo

See also

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

References

  1. ^ a b "This Is a Right Time", in Austrian and French Singles Charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 18, 2008)
  2. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved December 12, 2008)
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 18, 2008)
  4. ^ a b c Lisa Stansfield, Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved April 18, 2008)
Lisa Stansfield
Studio albums
Big Thing (1988) • Affection (1989) • Real Love (1991) • So Natural (1993) • Lisa Stansfield (1997) • Face Up (2001) • The Moment (2004)
Compilations
In Session (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)
Soundtracks
Remix albums
The #1 Remixes (EP) (1998)
Box sets
Extended plays
Video albums
Live! All Around The World (1990) • Real Life (1992) • Lisa At Wembley - Live (1992) • Biography: The Greatest Hits (2003)
Singles
"Alibis" (1981) • "The Only Way" (1982) • "Listen to Your Heart" (1983) • "I Got a Feeling" (1983) • "Love Will Wait" (1986) • "Finest Thing" (1986) • "Thinking About His Baby" (1987) • "On Fire" (1987) • "Jackie" (1988) • "Big Thing" (1988) • "People Hold On" (1989) • "This Is the Right Time" (1989) • "All Around the World" (1989) • "Live Together" (1990) • "You Can't Deny It" (1990) • "Change (1991) • "All Woman" (1991) • "Time to Make You Mine" (1992) • "Everything Will Get Better" (1992) • "Set Your Loving Free" (1992) • "A Little More Love" (1992) • "Someday (I'm Coming Back)" (1992) • "In All the Right Places" (1993) • ""So Natural"" (1993) • "Little Bit of Heaven" (1993) • "Make It Right" (1994) • "Dream Away" (1994) • "People Hold On (Bootleg Mix)" (1997) • "The Real Thing" (1997) • "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1997) • "The Line" (1997) • "Never Gonna Fall" (1997) • "Don't Cry for Me" (1997) • "I'm Leavin'" (1998) • "The Longer We Make Love" (1999) • "Let's Just Call It Love" (2001) • "8-3-1" (2001) • "All Around the World (remix) (2003) • "Easier" (2004) • "Treat Me Like a Woman" (2004) • "If I Hadn't Got You" (2005) • "He Touches Me" (2005)
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