| "Making Time" | ||||
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 1966 Denmark issue | ||||
| Single by The Creation | ||||
| from the album We Are Paintermen | ||||
| B-side | "Try and Stop Me" | |||
| Released | 17 June 1966 (1966-06-17) | |||
| 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 | ||||
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"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. The lyrics portray the experience of working in a clock factory while co-workers listen to their favourites on the radio. The song features an electric guitar played with a violin bow.
Cover versions
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
It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 film Rushmore and in an Xfinity TV commercial in 2017. In the film The Reader (2008) it stood for a time shift from 1958 to the mid sixties playing as background music. It was also used in an Audi USA commercial in 2018. Since 2017, it has been the theme song of The Great Pottery Throw Down.
The mid-1980s band Makin' Time was named after the song.
References
- 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 2023-04-22
- "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.
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