"Hands of the Clock" | ||||
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Song by Life | ||||
B-side | "Ain't I Told You Before" | |||
Released | 1969 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neil Sheppard | |||
Producer(s) | Neil Sheppard | |||
Life singles chronology | ||||
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"Hands of the Clock" was a hit for Canadian band Life in 1969. It was written and produced by Neil Sheppard.
The group's debut single, "Hands of the Clock" bw "Ain't I Told You Before" was released on Polydor 540.009 in 1969. Both sides were written by Neil Sheppard. [1] With a strong response to the single in the United States, it was noted in the September, 1969 issue of Billboard that it would be released in England on Polydor. [2]
The single was in the Recommended Canadian Content section of RPM Weekly on May 26. It was also picking up in Montreal and Ontario. [3] [4] By June 9 it was charting, having just entered the Canadian Content Chart at #9. It also made its entry into the RPM100 Chart at the #100 spot. [5] [6] By July 14, the group appeared on the RPM Weekly cover. [7] Their single was also at its second week at #4 on the RPM Canadian Content Chart. [8] It had also moved up from #48 to #43 on the RPM100 Chart. [9]
Stateside it was making some progress an Billboard wrote in the August 2 issue that "Hands of the Clock" by Life, "Laughing" by The Guess Who and " When I Die" by Motherlode were three Canadian produced singles that were either in the Billboard "Hot Hundred" or "Bubbling Under". [10]
The song eventually got to #19 on Canada's RPM chart. [11]