Chasing Time (song)

"Chasing Time"
Single by Azealia Banks
from the album Broke with Expensive Taste
Released September 22, 2014
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 3:31
Label
Producer(s) Pop Wansel
Azealia Banks singles chronology
  • "Chasing Time"
  • (2014)
Music sample
"Chasing Time"
A 21 second sample of "Chasing Time"

"Chasing Time" is a song by American rapper Azealia Banks, released as the fourth single from her debut studio album, Broke with Expensive Taste (2014).[1] A remix competition for the song was held, in which a $10,000 cash prize was awarded to the winning entry, and also released as the first official remix to the single.[2] The winner was officially announced as Amorphous on January 12th, 2015.

Pitchfork Media included the song on their "100 Best Tracks of 2014" list.[3]

Composition

"Chasing Time" was described as dance-pop by The Quietus and Rolling Stone.[4][5] Another writer from Rolling Stone called it a house track.[6] Suzy Exposito for Rolling Stone and Nick Diver from Clash, meanwhile, noted elements of UK garage, deep house and jazz on the track.[7][8] Billboard‍ '​s Collin Stutz labelled the song a hybrid of hip hop and pop.[9]

Critical reception

"Chasing Time" received positive reviews from music critics. Mike Wass of Idolator said "is something of a return to form for the struggling femcee. She switches things up by singing (as opposed to rapping) the vast majority of the song and genuinely shines in the soaring chorus. Can someone please build Azealia a time machine, so she can start again and launch this album in a non-farcical manner?".[10] Billboard called the song "catchy, crisp new single".[11] Nina Corcoran of Under the Gun Review said "her long-form notes over the dance club beats show Banks is truly ready to run the gamut. If she wanted to prove she’s more than just a New York girl who can speak faster than your 13-year-old cousin, she is."[12] Rolling Stone praised the production but criticized the lyric content, noting "the keyboards stab, the beats trip along wonderfully and the vocals surge but Banks doesn't smooth over her lyrical intricacy or emotional complexity, slinging lines like You think I'm starting new relations/I'm just apart and need my space and/Time to myself, ventilation while re-imagining I Will Survive in her own all-fire image."[13]

Music video

The music video for "Chasing Time" was directed by Marc Klasfeld was first released onto MTV's official website on November 13, 2014.[14]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Chasing Time" (explicit) 3:31
2. "Chasing Time" (clean) 3:31

Charts

Chart (2014-15) Peak
position
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[15] 12

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Canada[16] September 22, 2014 Digital download Azealia Banks Records
United States[17]

References

  1. ↑ NME News Desk (September 23, 2014). "Azealia Banks reveals new track 'Chasing Time'". NME. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Azealia Banks will pay you $10,000 to remix her new single". Dazed Digital. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Tim Finney (December 2014). "Azealia Banks- 'Chasing Time'". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Sweeney, Joe (December 19, 2014). "Broke with Expensive Taste". The Quietus. Archived December 20, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (November 25, 2014). "Azealia Banks' Long, Twisted Road to 'Broke With Expensive Taste'". Rolling Stone. Archived November 28, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Nipar, Brooke (October 7, 2014). "'Chasing Time' Song Review". Rolling Stone. Archived November 7, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Diver, Mike (November 11, 2014). "Chasing Time". Clash.
  8. ↑ Exposito, Suzy (November 19, 2014). "Broke With Expensive Taste". Rolling Stone.
  9. ↑ Stutz, Collin (September 22, 2014). "Hear Azealia Banks' Catchy, Crisp New Single 'Chasing Time'". Billboard. Archived March 18, 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Wass, Mike (September 22, 2014). "Azealia Banks Explores '90s House On New Track "Chasing Time": Listen". Idolator. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  11. ↑ Stutz, Colin (September 22, 2014). "Hear Azealia Banks' Catchy, Crisp New Single 'Chasing Time'". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  12. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (September 24, 2014). "Azealia Banks Shares New Song "Chasing Time"". Under the Gun Review. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  13. ↑ Dolan, Jon (October 7, 2014). "Azealia Banks "Chasing Time" Song Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  14. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/1996600/azealia-banks-chasing-time-video/
  15. ↑ "Azealia Banks Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Azealia Banks.
  16. ↑ "Chasing Time (2014". Canada: 7digital. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Chasing Time (2014". United States: 7digital. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014.

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