Making Time

"Making Time"
1966 Denmark issue
Single by The Creation
from the album We Are Paintermen
B-side "Try and Stop Me"
Released 17 June 1966 (1966-06-17)
Format 7"
Genre
Length 2:58
Label Planet
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Shel Talmy
The Creation singles chronology
"Making Time"
(1966)		 "Painter Man"
(1966)

"Making Time"
(1966)		 "Painter Man"
(1966)

"Making Time" is The Creation's debut single, released in 1966, written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips (guitarist).[1] It portrays the experience of working in a clock factory while co-workers listen to their favorites on the radio. It is featured on the 1998 Rushmore film soundtrack. The song was used in an Xfinity TV commercial in 2017.[2] It was also used in an Audi USA commercial in 2018.[3]

Cover versions

It has often been covered by other bands, including Das Damen, Little Free Rock and Green Bullfrog.

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

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 B-side "Try and Stop Me" was covered by The Radiators from Space (on the 1979 "Let's Talk About The Weather" single).

  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.
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