Time (Tom Waits song)

"Time"
Song by Tom Waits
from the album Rain Dogs
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1985 (1985-09-30)
Recorded1985
StudioRCA, New York City
GenreExperimental rock
Length3:55
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Tom Waits
Producer(s)Tom Waits

"Time" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his eighth studio album Rain Dogs. It was written by Waits and was recorded in 1985 at RCA Studios in New York City.[1]

It was covered by Tori Amos for her 2001 concept album Strange Little Girls. Amos made a notable appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman to perform the song; it was the first musical performance on the show after the September 11 attacks.[2]

"Time" was covered again in 2019 by Rosanne Cash for Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits, a Tom Waits tribute album featuring female artists' covers of Waits' songs.[3]

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
2000 Elvis Costello United Kingdom The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever[4] *
2011 Toby Creswell Australia 1001 Songs[5] *
2014 Musikexpress Germany The 700 Best Songs of All Time[6] 510

(*) designates unordered lists.

Personnel

Adapted from the Rain Dogs liner notes.[7]

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

The song was used in "The Mother Box Origins" clip for 2021s Zack Snyder's Justice League.[8]

The song was used in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Winter Episode for a flashback of Richard Gilmore’s funeral.

See also

References

  1. ^ Janovitz, Bill. "Tom Waits: Time > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Top 10 Tori Amos YouTube Moments". PopMatters. October 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Parker, Chris (November 22, 2019). "Album Review: Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits". Variety. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "Costello's 500". Vanity Fair. November 1, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Creswell, Toby (2005). 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them. Hardie Grant. ISBN 1742731481. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  6. ^ "The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)". Musikexpress. 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Rain Dogs (booklet). Tom Waits. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1985.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Zack Snyder's Justice League: The Mother Box Origins – Official Exclusive Clip | IGN Fan Fest 2021, retrieved 2022-03-27