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 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:58 | |||
| Label | Planet | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Shel Talmy | |||
| The Creation singles chronology | ||||
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"Making Time" is The Creation's debut single, written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips (guitarist).[1] It portrays the experience of working in a clock factory while co-workers listen to their favorites on the radio. It is featured on the 1998 Rushmore film soundtrack. The song was also used in an Xfinity TV commercial.[2]
Cover versions
It has often been covered by other bands, including Das Damen, Little Free Rock and Green Bullfrog.
A mid-1980s band Makin' Time, was named after this song.
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 B-side "Try and Stop Me" was covered by The Radiators from Space (on the 1979 "Let's Talk About The Weather" single).
External links
- ↑ Discogs. "Creation, The (2) – Making Time / Try And Stop Me". Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ↑ "XFINITY XFi TV Commercial, 'Can't Live Without It' Song by The Creation". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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