Making Time

"Making Time" is a song by English rock band The Creation, and it was released as their debut single in 1966. It was written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips.[1] The lyrics portray the experience of working in a clock factory while co-workers listen to their favorites on the radio. It is one of the earliest rock songs to feature an electric guitar played with a bow.

For the album by Jamie Woon, see Making Time (album). For the band, see Makin' Time (band).
"Making Time"
1966 Denmark issue
Single by The Creation
from the album We Are Paintermen
B-side"Try and Stop Me"
Released17 June 1966 (1966-06-17)
Genre
Length2:58
LabelPlanet/Philips
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Creation singles chronology
"Making Time"
(1966)		 "Painter Man"
(1966)

Cover versions

The song has been covered by Das Damen, Little Free Rock 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.[2] It was also used in an Audi USA commercial in 2018.[3] Since 2017, it has been the theme song of The Great Pottery Throw Down.[4]

References

A mid-1980s band Makin' Time, was named after the song.

References
  1. Discogs. "Creation, The (2) – Making Time / Try And Stop Me". Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. "XFINITY XFi TV Commercial, 'Can't Live Without It' Song by The Creation". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. "Summer of Audi Sales Event TV Commercial, 'Promote Yourself' Song by The Creation". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08d6ddy


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