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"Time"
Single by Freddie Mercury
from the album Time
B-side	"Time (Instrumental version)" (3:20)
Released	6 May 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Pop
Length	2:57 (Original Time LP version) 3:50 (single version) 4:35 (extended mix) 3:18 (2019 remix)
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Dave Clark Jeff Daniels
Producer(s)	Dave Clark Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury singles chronology
"Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" (1985) "Time" (1986) "The Great Pretender" (1987)

"Time" is a 1986 song recorded by Freddie Mercury, along with "In My Defence", for Dave Clark's musical of the same name. Even though Mercury did not appear in the musical itself, both songs were included on the cast album, and "Time" was also released as a separate single, backed by an instrumental version of the song, and reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also peaked at #12 in Ireland. The single version was later included in the 2000 box set The Solo Collection and the 2006 compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo.

The music video was shot at the Dominion Theatre, London, where the play had been staged since the world premiere of 9 April 1986. Since a matinée and evening performance were scheduled, the only time left for shooting was the early morning: so Mercury and Austrian producer Rudi Dolezal had to meet there at 6.00 in the morning.

Remixes

• "Time (Nile Rodgers 1992 Remix)" is an edit version of the song contained in the 1992 compilation The Freddie Mercury Album and in the Solo Collection. It replaces the piano with a guitar part.
• "Time (2000 Remix)" is almost identical to the single version, except it loses some of the percussion. It is only found in the 2000 box set Solo.
• "Time Waits for No One (2019 Time Remix)" is the demo recording of the song made by Freddie, originally lost and then found by Dave Clark in 2017. He isolated Freddie's vocal and brought in original keyboardist Mike Moran to record a new piano track. The remixed version was released on 20 June 2019. A video to accompany the track was also released. In July 2019, "Time Waits For No One" reached #40 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart.

Personnel

From the inner sleeve of Dave Clark's Time the Album:

• Freddie Mercury – lead vocals
• Mike Moran – keyboards
• Ray Russell – guitars
• Brett Morgan – drums
• Alan Jones – bass guitar
• John Christie – backing vocals
• Peter Straker – backing vocals

References

1. "Freddie Mercury, UK Chart Peak Positions". Official Charts (United Kingdom). Retrieved 3 April 2016.
2. "Search Results – Freddie Mercury". The Irish Charts. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
3. Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins (1992). Queen: As It Began. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 246. ISBN 978-88-7966-378-6. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
4. Savage, Mark (20 June 2019). "'Lost' Freddie Mercury song premieres". Retrieved 23 June 2019.
5. Grow, Kory (20 June 2019). "See Freddie Mercury Belt 'Time Waits for No One' in Unreleased New Solo Clip". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
6. "Freddie Mercury Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
7. Time (The Album) – Side One (LP). UK: EMI. 1986. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

• 1986 songs
• Freddie Mercury songs
• Songs written by Dave Clark (musician)
• Pop ballads
• Songs from musicals