| "Time Passages" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of the UK single | ||||
| Single by Al Stewart | ||||
| from the album Time Passages | ||||
| B-side | "Almost Lucy" | |||
| Released | September 1978 (US) November 1978 (UK) | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 6:39 (album version) 4:39 (single edit) | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Al Stewart, Peter White | |||
| Producer(s) | Alan Parsons | |||
| Al Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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"Time Passages" is a song by British singer-songwriter Al Stewart, released as a single in 1978. It was produced by Alan Parsons and is the title track of Stewart's 1978 album release. The single reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1978, [1] and also spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart, the longest stay at number one on this chart in the 1970s. [2] Billboard magazine also ranked "Time Passages" as the No. 1 Adult Contemporary single of 1979. [3]
The familiar final line to the chorus is, "Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight". Less lyrically complex than a typical Al Stewart composition – the singer's previous top ten hit " Year of the Cat" exemplifying his usual style – "Time Passages" was one of two songs on the Time Passages album written by Stewart with the intent of the tracks' having hit single potential, the other being " Song on the Radio" which was the follow-up single and reached No. 29 Billboard and No. 27 Cash Box. The song describes the singer planning a trip home in late December (presumably for Christmas) and his nostalgic memories of the past.
Chart performance
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See also
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 603.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 417.
- ^ "BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: 1936 to 2010 Searchable". www.americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 294. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1978". Cashboxmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Item: 110 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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