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"'''Time After Time'''" is the first single released from Irish singer/songwriter [[Ronan Keating]]'s fifth solo album, ''[[Songs for My Mother]]''. The single was released on February 8, 2009, and became Keating's first single to be released in three years. The song was produced by Keating himself. The song peaked at #88 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. |
"'''Time After Time'''" is the first single released from Irish singer/songwriter [[Ronan Keating]]'s fifth solo album, ''[[Songs for My Mother]]''. The single was released on February 8, 2009, and became Keating's first single to be released in three years. The song was produced by Keating himself. The song peaked at #88 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. |
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| B-side | "I'll Kiss You" |
"Time After Time" is a song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single 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 three on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. The Rolling Stone and MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs ranked it at No. 66.[2]
"Time After Time" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1985 Grammy Awards.[3] The ballad is considered a classic of the 1980s[according to whom?] and is still played frequently on adult contemporary radio.[citation needed] The song is known for its numerous covers by a wide range of artists, including an instrumental version by Miles Davis. An acoustic version was sung by Lauper on her 2005 album, The Body Acoustic. In this version, Sarah McLachlan provided backing vocals.
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 on 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.
Recording
Drums were provided by a LinnDrum drum machine, particularly the "salt shaker" sound. The guitar was recorded with a Marshall 2x12 combo amp. A rackmountable Publison DHM89 harmonizer was used in the effects loop, set to delay-pitch-shift up the signal on the left channel and delay-pitch-shift up the signal on the right channel, to create a rich and lush chorus-like effect.
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 sings (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 Ed Griles. Portions of the video were filmed at the now closed Tom's Diner in Roxbury Township, New Jersey, the intersection of Central Avenue and Main Street in Wharton, New Jersey, and at the Morristown train station.
Track listing
- "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)
Personnel
- 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
Cover versions
"Time After Time" has been covered, either in live performance or on a recording, by at least 120 artists across a broad spectrum of genres. A partial list includes:
Ronan Keating version
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"Time After Time" is the first single released from Irish singer/songwriter Ronan Keating's fifth solo album, Songs for My Mother. The single was released on February 8, 2009, and became Keating's first single to be released in three years. The song was produced by Keating himself. The song peaked at #88 on the UK Singles Chart.
Tracklisting
- "Time After Time" (Stop-End Version) - 3:50
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart | 88[4] |
Use in media
- 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. 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 in the film John Tucker Must Die.
- It was used and performed in the Japanese manga Nana by Reira/Layla Serizawa in a flash back volume 18.
- 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.
- In April 2011, on the premiere of the American version of the reality competition television series The Voice, Javier Colon performed an acoustic version of the song during the "blind audition" phase.
- INOJ's cover version of "Time After Time" reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1998.
- An uptempo dance remix sung by the artist listed as Vinylgroover was made for the 1998 compilation Dancemania Speed. Another uptempo dance version, remixed at 175 BPM by Sound Assassins, was included on the 2003 happy hardcore compilation Best of Hardcore.
- The song is briefly sung by Anna Kendrick's character as a karaoke song in the film Up in the Air.
- The song was used in the 2008 remake of the film Prom Night. It reached at number two on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart (the virtual equivalent of #102 on the Hot 100).[citation needed]
- The song is featured numerous times in the film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
- Elements of this song, mainly the guitar melody during the bridge, were used in the 2009 The Black Eyed Peas song "Meet Me Halfway".[citation needed]
- The song is featured in the film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
- The song is featured in the dance scene from Napoleon Dynamite and is on the soundtrack album.
- The song was used in the manga Dengeki Daisy as one of the CDs Kurosaki listens to.
Charts
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 6 |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40 | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Singles | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 5 |
| French Singles Chart | 9 |
| German Singles Chart | 6 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 5 |
| Japan Hot 100 | 60 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 10 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 1 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| US Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Singles | 28 |
Year-end charts
| Country | Chart | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Year-End Singles | 25 |
| US | Billboard Year-End | 17 |
| Canada | RPM Year-End | 8 |
Certifications
| Country | Provider | Certification | Sales | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | BPI | Silver | 200,000 | July 1, 1984[5] |
| United States | RIAA | Gold | 500,000 | April 17, 1989[6] |
Awards and nominations
- Won
- 1984 - American Video Awards for Best Female Performance
- 1984 - American Video Awards for Best Pop Video
- 1984 - BMI Awards for Pop Award
- 1984 - Billboard Awards for Best Female Performance
- 1985 - Pro Canada Awards for Most Performed Foreign Song
- 2008 - BMI Millionaire Award for 5 Million Spins on US Radio
- 2009 - BMI Awards for Pop Award
- Nominations
- 1984 - MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
- 1984 - MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
- 1984 - MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
- 1985 - Grammy Award for Song of the Year
List of the Best
| Year | By | List | Work | Ranked |
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| 2000 | Rolling Stone | 100 Greatest Pop Songs[7] | "Time After Time" | #66 |
| MTV | ||||
| 2003 | VH1 | 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years[8] | "Time After Time" | #22 |
| 2006 | VH1 | 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's[9] | "Time After Time" | #19 |
See also
- List of RPM number-one singles of 1984
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)
References
- ^ http://hesawhore.blogspot.com/2007/09/1984.html
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/rsmtv100.htm
- ^ http://www.cyndilaupernews.com/documents/awards___nominations.html
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=33997
- ^ UK Certification
- ^ US Certification
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/rsmtv100.htm
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/vh125songs.htm
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm
External links
- Video on VH1 Classic website
- "Time after Time" Songfacts
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- 2009 singles
- Ronan Keating songs
- Willie Nelson songs
- 1984 singles
- Cyndi Lauper songs
- INOJ songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- Songs written by Rob Hyman
- Songs written by Cyndi Lauper
- New Wave ballads
- Pop ballads