I Ain't Got Time Anymore Explained

I Ain't Got Time Anymore
Cover:Cliff Richard I Ain't Got Time Anymore.jpg
Caption:Cover of the single released in Germany
Type:single
Artist:Cliff Richard
B-Side:Monday Comes Too Soon
Recorded:12 March 1970[1]
Studio:EMI Studios, London
Genre:Pop rock
Length:2:32
Label:Columbia
Producer:Norrie Paramor
Prev Title:Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Sunny Honey Girl
Next Year:1971

"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" is a song by the British singer Cliff Richard, released as a single in August 1970. It peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.

Release

"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" was written by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago and features an accompaniment by the Mike Vickers Orchestra. It was released with the B-side "Monday Comes Too Soon", written by Hank Marvin and Jerry Lordan.[2]

Reviewing for Record Mirror, Peter Jones described "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" as " a slow starter, through the verse with an inquiring sort of tone and then into a gentle-paced chorus, with voices tacked on... The performance is beyond criticism, as it usually is with Cliff. I guess his success is an ability to switch disc styles. Whatever it is this is destined for a very high chart placing".[3]

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 8708

  1. "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" – 2:32
  2. "Monday Comes Too Soon" – 2:30

The Glass Bottle version

I Ain't Got Time Anymore
Type:single
Artist:the Glass Bottle
Album:I Ain't Got Time Anymore
B-Side:The First Time
Released:June 1971
Genre:Soft rock[4]
Length:2:27
Label:Avco
Producer:
Prev Title:Things
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:The Girl Who Loved Me When
Next Year:1971

In July 1971, American band The Glass Bottle released a cover of the song as a single. It peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" was originally released as the B-side to a cover of the Bobby Darin song "Things". However, it was quickly released as the A-side with a different B-side, "The First Time".[5]

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 36
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (I Ain't Got Time Anymore). www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
  2. Web site: Cliff Richard - I Ain't Got Time Any More. 45cat. 2021-10-16.
  3. 22 August 1970. New Singles. Record Mirror. 12. 16 October 2021.
  4. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock. 32. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  5. Web site: The Glass Bottle - I Ain't Got Time Anymore. 45cat. 2021-10-16.
  6. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. 1994. 9780898201048. 244.
  7. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending September 25, 1971. Cash Box magazine. 16 October 2021.