Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)
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| Single by Cyndi Lauper | ||
| from the album She's So Unusual | ||
| B-side | "I'll Kiss You" | |
| Released | 1984 | |
| Format | 12" vinyl, 7" vinyl | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:03 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman | |
| Producer | Rick Chertoff | |
| Certification | Gold (US) Silver (UK) |
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| Cyndi Lauper singles chronology | ||
| "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1984) |
"Time After Time" (1984) |
"She Bop" (1984) |
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| "Stay" (2004) |
"Time After Time" (Acoustic version) (2005) |
"Above the Clouds" (2005) |
"Time After Time" was a single by singer Cyndi Lauper, the second from her album She's So Unusual. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984[1], and remained there for two weeks. Worldwide, the song is her most commercially successful single after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," and reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and number 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
"Time After Time" was nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 1985 Grammy Awards.[2] The ballad is considered a classic of the 1980s and is still played frequently on adult contemporary radio. The song is known for its numerous covers by a wide range of artists.
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[edit] Writing
Lauper co-wrote "Time After Time" with Philadelphia rocker Rob Hyman of The Hooters, who also supplied backup vocals to the song. In a 2006 interview with Sound Off with Matt Pinfield (episode 212) on HDNet, Lauper related how the song was written. She indicated much of the lyrics were written about occurrences in the studio and her life at the time. The line "the second hand unwinds" referred to producer Rick Chertoff's watch which was winding backwards.
Hyman explained in an interview with Songfacts that he and Lauper stayed in the studio after the sessions composing the song.
[edit] Music video
The video for "Time After Time" was about a runaway leaving her lover behind. The video opens with Lauper watching the 1936 film The Garden of Allah. Lauper signs the title of the song to the deaf as she is leaving the train station. The video was played in heavy rotation on MTV. Lauper's mother, brother, and then-boyfriend David Wolff appear in the video, and Lou Albano, who played her father in the "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video, can be seen as a cook. The video was directed by Edd Griles. Portions of the video were filmed at the now closed Tom's Diner in Roxbury, the intersection of Central Ave & Main St in Wharton, New Jersey, and at the Morristown train station.
The "house" scenes shot with Cyndi's mother were filmed at two houses on Hurd Street in Wharton. The kitchen scene was filmed in Mary Sweedy's kitchen, complete with a wood/gas stove and the front porch was the house next door, owned by her son Lenny.
[edit] Official versions
- Time After Time (12" Version) 5:02 (Cyndi Lauper; Rob Hyman)
- I'll Kiss You 4:12 (Cyndi Lauper; Jules Shear)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Extended Version) 6:08 (Robert Hazard)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Instrumental) 7:10 (Robert Hazard)
[edit] Credits
- Written by Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman
- Produced by Rick Chertoff
- Executive Producer: Lennie Petze
- Associate Producer: William Wittman
- Engineered by William Wittman
- Arranged by Cyndi Lauper, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian
[edit] 2005 acoustic and parody versions
Lauper recorded a new acoustic duet of the song with Sarah McLachlan for her all-acoustic 2005 release The Body Acoustic.
That year also saw Lauper performing the parody "Intolerant" on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Set to the tune of "Time After Time," the song recounts her inability to ingest lactose.[1
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 6 |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40 | 5 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Casey's Top 40 Radio & Records | 1 |
| Colombian Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 9 |
| German Singles Chart | 6 |
| Holland Singles Chart | 5 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 5 |
| Japan Hot 100 Singles | 60 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 10 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents | 25 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Singles | 28 |
[edit] End of year charts
| Country | Chart | Ranking |
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| US | Billboard Year-End | 17 |
| UK | UK Year-End Singles | 25 |
[edit] Chart procession and succession
| Preceded by "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single June 9, 1984 – June 16, 1984 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "The Reflex" by Duran Duran |
| Preceded by "Hello" by Lionel Richie |
Canadian RPM Singles Chart number-one single June 9, 1984 – June 23, 1984 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams |
| Preceded by "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams |
Cashbox Top 100 June 9, 1984 |
Succeeded by "The Reflex" by Duran Duran |
[edit] Cover versions
"Time After Time" has been covered, either in live performance or on a recording, by at least 120 different artists across a broad spectrum of genres. A partial list includes:
The song was used as a main theme sung by Katie Cook in View from the Top (2003). Mark Williams and Tara Morice performed the song in the Strictly Ballroom soundtrack (in the scene where Scott and Fran dance on the rooftop). Eva Cassidy's version was featured in the TV series, Smallville, and it was added to the first Smallville soundtrack, The Talon Mix. The 2006 cover by Quietdrive appeared during the dance scene of the film John Tucker Must Die. It also contributed to a running gag in the second season of the TV series My Name Is Earl.
The song has been performed on American Idol three times. In 2005, Nadia Turner performed the song on Billboard #1 Hits week in the fourth season. In 2007, Brandon Rogers performed the song on the second week of the semi-finals in honor of his grandmother in the sixth season. In 2009, 4th place finisher Allison Iraheta performed it as a duet with Lauper in the eighth season finale. Season 7 Semi-Finalists Kady Malloy and Colton Berry released a video of their cover on Youtube.
On Channel 4's show Mobileact Unsigned, The Bad Robots performed a version of this track.
INOJ's cover version of "Time After Time" reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1998.
Quietdrive's version can be heard in the film, John Tucker Must Die, during the food fight at John's birthday party. The song was also used in the 2008 remake of the film Prom Night. It peaked at number two on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart (the virtual equivalent of #102 on the Hot 100).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Video on VH1 Classic website
- "Time after Time" Songfacts
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