| Takes a Little Time | |
| Cover: | Amy Grant - Takes a Little Time.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Amy Grant |
| Album: | Behind the Eyes |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Recorded: | Secret Studio, Franklin, TN |
| Genre: | CCM, adult contemporary, pop |
| Label: | Myrrh/Word |
| Producer: | Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick, John Darnall |
| Prev Title: | The Things We Do for Love |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Somewhere Down the Road |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Takes a Little Time" was a maxi-single released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) to promote Amy Grant's album Behind the Eyes, which was also released that year. "Takes a Little Time" included two songs from Behind the Eyes, as well as a new version of Grant's 1982 Christian radio hit, "El Shaddai". The maxi-single was also an enhanced CD (ECD); a video could be viewed when inserted into a home computer. The ECD portion of the CD contained a live acoustic version of the song After the Fire, which Grant later released on her 2003 album Simple Things; Grant stated on Oprah that she had written the song for her mother.
| Chart (1997) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[1] | 181 | |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) [2] | 14 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 21 | |
| US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 | 25 | |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 15 | |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 4 |
