| Time Passes By | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kathy Mattea |
| Album: | Time Passes By |
| B-Side: | What Could Have Been |
| Released: | March 9, 1991 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:47 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Allen Reynolds |
| Prev Title: | A Few Good Things Remain |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Whole Lotta Holes |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"Time Passes By" is a song written by Jon Vezner and Susan Longacre, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in March 1991 as the first single and title track from the album Time Passes By. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] The song features Trisha Yearwood on harmony vocals.[2]
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 217.