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1978 single by Al Stewart
"Time Passages"
side-A labelSide A of the UK single
Single by Al Stewart
from the album Time Passages
B-side"Almost Lucy"
ReleasedSeptember 1978 (US)
November 1978 (UK)
GenreSoft rock
Length6:39 (album version)
4:39 (single edit)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Al Stewart, Peter White
Producer(s)Alan Parsons
Al Stewart singles chronology
"On the Border"
(1977) 		"Time Passages"
(1978) 		"Song on the Radio"
(1979)

"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, 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. Billboard magazine also ranked "Time Passages" as the No. 1 Adult Contemporary single of 1979.

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1978-1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 36
Canada RPM Top Singles 10
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Rank
U.S. Cash Box 89
Chart (1979) Rank
Canada 198
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 79

See also

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 603.
  2. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 417.
  3. "BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: 1936 to 2010 Searchable". www.americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. 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.
  5. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1978". Cashboxmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. "Item: 110 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  9. "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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