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The Time Songs

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The Original 7ven (also known as The Time as well as Morris Day and the Time) is an American musical group that was formed in Minneapolis in 1981. Their work has been a part of the formation of the 'Minneapolis sound', featuring a mix of soul music and dance music with funk, rock n roll, and more. Led by singer-songwriter Morris Day, the band members are close Prince associates, and the group is arguably the most successful artist who have worked with him, achieving particular popularity with R&B fans with tracks such as "Jerk Out" and "Jungle Love". Band members Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are also long-time collaborators with Janet Jackson, producing all of her most successful albums. The band went on to release four albums, consisting of jammy, rock-infused 1980s funk, generally light and humorous in tone, strongly influenced by Parliament, James Brown, and Sly. Although they scored numerous hits (including "The Bird", "Jungle Love", "777-9311", "Get It Up", "Gigolos Get Lonely Too", "The Walk" and "Cool", mostly on the R&B charts) during the early 1980s, they never approached superstardom.

Below is a list of The Time songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Epic 74200
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3, US dance #2
written by: Michael Jackson, Bernard Belle, Teddy Riley, John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Dangerous
comments: [new jack swing]
Michael Jackson Remember the Time ... Come Together
1992 Epic
2 record label: Warner Bros. 28399
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10, US dance #2
written by: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
Prince Sign o' the Times
1987 Warner Bros.
3 record label: Columbia 05609
chart position: RandB #8, US #2, US dance #19, UK #87
written by: Rick James
album: How Could It Be
Eddie Murphy Party All the Time
1985 Columbia
4 record label: Island 572 482
chart position: RandB #5, UK #4, US #21
written by: Damon Thomas and Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Enter the Dru
comments: [slow jam]
Dru Hill These Are the Times
1998 Island
5 record label: Paisley Park 19750
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, US dance #6
written by: Prince
album: Pandemonium
The Time Jerk Out
1990 Paisley Park
6 record label: Arista 2565
chart position: RandB #37, US #25, US AC #1
written by: Michael Bolton, Diane Warren and Andy Goldmark
album: Breathless
comments: [RnB Jazz]
Kenny G with Peabo Bryson By the Time This Night Is Over
1993 Arista
7 record label: Warner Bros. 91817
chart position: RandB #6, US #20, US dance #9
written by: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
The Time Jungle Love
1984 Warner Bros.
8 record label: Avco 4660
chart position: RandB #6, US #46, UK #36, US dance #15
written by: Van McCoy
album: The Disco Kid
comments: [disco dance]
Van McCoy Change with the Times
1975 Avco
9 record label: Pye 45606 (UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Biddu
album: Now
comments: [disco]
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds Now Is the Time
1976 Pye
10 record label: Dakar 4501
chart position: RandB #5, US #61
written by: Richard Parker & Willie Henderson
album: I Had It All The Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis I Had It All the Time
1972 Dakar
11 record label: Warner 7 29952
chart position: RandB #2, US #88, US dance #42
written by: Prince (as Jamie Starr)
album: What Time Is It?
The Time 777-9311
1982 Warner
12 record label: Warner Bros. 49864
chart position: RandB #7, US dance #16, US #90
written by: Prince & Dez Dickerson
album: The Time
The Time Cool
1982 Warner Bros.
13 record label: Warner 29094
chart position: RandB #33, US dance #6, US #36
written by: Prince & Jesse Johnson
album: Ice Cream Castle
The Time The Bird
1985 Warner
14 record label: Enterprise 9003
chart position: RandB #37, US #37
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes By the Time I Get to Phoenix
1969 Enterprise
15 record label: Tent 40799 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz
album: Silk and Steel
Five Star Find the Time
1986 Tent
16 record label: Warner 49774
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #16
written by: Prince
album: The Time
The Time Get It Up
1981 Warner
17 record label: Warner 9247
chart position: RandB #11, US #106, US dance #70
written by: Prince and Morris Day
album: Ice Cream Castles
The Time Ice Cream Castles
1984 Warner
18 record label: Stateside 1204(UK)
chart position: UK #47
written by: Paul Kords
album: The First Lady Of Immediate
P.P. Arnold The Time Has Come
1967 Stateside
19 record label: Soul Clock 107
chart position: RandB #17
written by: Nicholas Cardwell and Gordy Horman
The Whispers The Time Will Come
1969 Soul Clock
20 record label: Warner 29856
chart position: RandB #24, US #104, US dance #42
written by: Prince (as Jamie Starr)
album: What Time Is It?
The Time The Walk
1982 Warner
21 record label: Neptune 101
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Baby Washington
Baby Washington The Time
1959 Neptune
22 record label: Elektra 69677
chart position: RandB #55, UK #72
album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five Sign of the Times
1985 Elektra
23 record label: CBS 1608 (UK)
chart position: UK #76
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Sign of the Times
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Bob James Sign of the Times
1981 CBS
24 record label: Dore 715
chart position: US #83
written by: Bobby Troup
The Superbs Baby Baby All The Time
1964 Dore
25 record label: Volt 4016
chart position: RandB #28, US #84
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads
The Mad Lads By the Time I Get to Phoenix
1969 Volt
26 record label: Hi 2144
chart position: US #110
written by: Jimmy Webb
comments: [instrumental]
Ace Cannon By the Time I Get to Phoenix
1968 Hi
27 record label: Stax 198
chart position: Cashbox RandB #37
written by: Porter, Hayes, Cropper
album: Hold On, I'm Comin'
Sam & Dave If You Got The Loving (I Got The Time)
1966 Stax
28 record label: Paisley Park 19759
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Prince
album: Pandemonium
The Time Chocolate
1990 Paisley Park
29 record label: Mercury 73495
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Jerry Butler and Marvin Yancy
album: Sweet Sixteen
Jerry Butler Take the Time to Tell Her
1974 Mercury
30 record label: MGM 14440
chart position: US #104
written by: William Backer
Brook Benton If You Got the Time
1972 MGM
31 record label: EastWest
chart position: RandB #58
album: Levert.Sweat.Gill
comments: [slow jam]
LSG (Levert, Sweat & Gill) All the Times
1998 EastWest
32 record label: RCA 384
chart position: Cashbox R&B #59
written by: E. Shelby
album: Love Can Make It Easier
The Friends Of Distinction Now Is The Time
1972 RCA
33 record label: ABC 12253
chart position: RandB #65
written by: Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick By the Time I Get to Phoenix -- Say a Little Prayer
1977 ABC
34 record label: Warner 50039
chart position: RandB #49
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Morris Day, Jamie Starr
album: The Time
comments: [disco funk]
The Time The Stick
1982 Warner
35 record label: Warner 50039
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Prince
album: The Time
comments: [ballad]
The Time Girl
1982 Warner
36 record label: Warner 7 29764
chart position: RandB #77
written by: Morris Day
album: What Time Is It?
The Time Gigolos Get Lonely Too
1982 Warner
37 record label: Elektra 12372
chart position: RandB #78
written by: Terry Callier and Larry Wade
album: Turn You To Love
comments: [disco funk]
Terry Callier Sign of the Times
1979 Elektra
38 record label: Hi 79528
chart position: RandB #95
written by: John E. Moore
Ann Peebles If You Got the Time (I've Got the Love)
1979 Hi
-- record label: Chelsea
written by: Jim Webb
album: I\'m Doin\' Fine Now / The Best of New York City
comments: [ballad album cut]
New York City By The Time I Get To Phoenix
1973 Chelsea
-- record label: Chess 2080
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: Cross My Heart (1974 compikation)
Billy Stewart By The Time I Get To Phoenix
1969 Chess
-- record label: CBS 1381 (UK)
written by: D. McLane, G. Mackey
album: How 'Bout Us
Champaign Can You Find The Time
1981 CBS
-- record label: Minit 32059
written by: B. Womack, J. Holiday
album: Fly Me to the Moon
Bobby Womack Love, The Time Is Now
1969 Minit
-- record label: Casablanca 7009
written by: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
comments: [album cut]
Greg Perry I Want To Live And Let Live (Love And Let Love All The Time)
1975 Casablanca
-- record label: MCA 52793
written by: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: So Many Rivers
Bobby Womack Whatever Happened To The Times
1985 MCA
-- record label: Fantasy 276
written by: General Crook
comments: [southern soul]
Bobby Jonz I Got The Touch If You Got The Time
1986 Fantasy
-- record label: Genna 1002
written by: B. Reed, J. Moore
Darrow Fletcher Now Is The Time For Love
1971 Genna
-- record label: DJM 659 (UK)
written by: K. Kaye, M. Hiller
Moon Williams Everytime I Take The Time
1976 DJM
-- record label: Deluxe 148
written by: Jerry Middleton, Walter Harper
Reuben Bell All The Time
1973 Deluxe
-- record label: Master Funk 008
written by: Emmett North, Jr.
The Funk Masters Have You Got The Time
1984 Master Funk
-- record label: Warner Bros. 1 23835
written by: Jim Webb
album: Initial Thrust
comments: [beat ballad]
Dick Smith By The Time I Get To Phoenix
1983 Warner Bros.
-- record label: Blue Note 848
written by: W. Jeffrey
album: Fever
comments: [jazz funk]
Ronnie Laws All The Time
1976 Blue Note




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