I Ain't Got Time Anymore
| "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" | ||||
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 Cover of the single released in Germany | ||||
| Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
| B-side | "Monday Comes Too Soon" | |||
| Released | 21 August 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 12 March 1970[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | Norrie Paramor | |||
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"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" is a song by the British singer Cliff Richard, released as a single in August 1970. It peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Release
[edit]"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" was written by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago and features an accompaniment by the Mike Vickers Orchestra. It was released with the B-side "Monday Comes Too Soon", written by Hank Marvin and Jerry Lordan.[3]
Reviewing for Record Mirror, Peter Jones described "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" as " a slow starter, through the verse with an inquiring sort of tone and then into a gentle-paced chorus, with voices tacked on... The performance is beyond criticism, as it usually is with Cliff. I guess his success is an ability to switch disc styles. Whatever it is this is destined for a very high chart placing".[4]
Track listing
[edit]7": Columbia / DB 8708
- "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" – 2:32
- "Monday Comes Too Soon" – 2:30
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| Ireland (IRMA)[5] | 14 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[2] | 21 |
The Glass Bottle version
[edit]| "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" | ||||
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| Single by the Glass Bottle | ||||
| from the album I Ain't Got Time Anymore | ||||
| B-side | "The First Time" | |||
| Released | June 1971 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[6] | |||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | Avco | |||
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In July 1971, American band The Glass Bottle released a cover of the song as a single. It peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7]
The Glass Bottle was originally formed as a ploy by advertising firm Benton & Bowles to promote glass bottles, as part of a publicity stunt in its clients' rivalry with aluminum and plastic container manufacturers. The original plan was for the group to record novelty songs with lyrics that invoked glass bottles, but producer and would-be songwriter Dickie Goodman abandoned that plan and positioned the group as a legitimate pop band recording conventional hit music, fulfilling the contract with Benton & Bowles by having them appear in pro-recycling public service announcements.[8]
"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" was originally released as the B-side to a cover of the Bobby Darin song "Things". However, it was quickly released as the A-side with a different B-side, "The First Time".[9]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] | 15 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 36 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[11] | 26 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (I Ain't Got Time Anymore)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
- ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Cliff Richard - I Ain't Got Time Any More". 45cat. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Record Mirror. 22 August 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Ain't Got Time Anymore". Irish Singles Chart.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (15 October 1996). "Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 32. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1994). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. p. 244. ISBN 9780898201048.
- ^ Simpson, Kim (15 May 2016). "The Glass Bottle and the Dickie Goodman Connection". Early '70s Radio: The American Format Revolution. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "The Glass Bottle - I Ain't Got Time Anymore". 45cat. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7537." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending September 25, 1971". Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
