Isn't It Time (The Babys song)

"Isn't it Time"
Single by The Babys
from the album Broken Heart
B-side "Give Me Your Love"
Released October 1977
Format 7-inch single
Genre Rock, R&B
Length 3:23 (single version)
4:03 (album version)
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Jack Conrad, Ray Kennedy
Producer(s) Ron Nevison
The Babys singles chronology
"If You've Got the Time"
(1977)		 "Isn't It Time"
(1977)		 "Silver Dreams"
(1978)

"Isn't It Time" is a song that was performed by the English group The Babys in 1977 and was released on their album Broken Heart. It was not written by members of the group but by bass guitarist Jack Conrad along with Ray Kennedy and was presented to the public as a song with a distinctive piano introduction performed by Michael Corby which moves into an opening vocal performance by lead singer John Waite.

The strong vocals of the three Babettes from Andraé Crouch & The Disciples, Lisa Freeman-Roberts, Myrna Matthews and Pat Henderson, balance the tone of the song which moves through the decisions a lover has to make "I just can't find the answers to the questions that keep going through my mind" and "losing this love could be your mistake." The lyrics are motivated by Ray Kennedy's love for a French woman whom he knew during the writing of the song. The lyrics alone would have a wide appeal, but because they were matched with well established musicianship the song still enjoys popularity and numerous recordings can be seen on YouTube.

The drum work of Tony Brock heralds the chorus featuring the Babettes and the slowhand guitar of Walt Stocker brings the song to a close with the Babettes chorus heard alternatively in the left and right channels "isn't it time", "don't have to wait" a result of the production work of Ron Nevison. The song peaked at position No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 but hit No. 8 on Cash Box's Top 100. It was a #1 hit in Australia in March 1978.

On December 7, 1977, a video of the Babys' "Isn't It Time" was aired on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.[1]

Cover versions

English guitarist Robin Trower also recorded a cover of "Isn't It Time" for his 1990 album In the Line of Fire.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 13
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[2] 8
U.S. Record World 11
Canada RPM[3] 8
UK 45
Australia 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia[4][5] 20
Canada[6] 125
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 102
U.S. Record World[8] 94
Chart (1978) Rank
Canada[9] 154

References

  1. ↑ "Isn't It Time by The Babys Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Archives files". 50.6.195.142. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 28, No. 15 & 16, January 14 1978". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
  5. ↑ "ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts - 1970". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  8. ↑ "Hist of All Decades listing". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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