A Time Like This
| "A Time Like This" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Haywoode | ||||
| from the album Arrival | ||||
| A-side | "A Time Like This" | |||
| B-side | "A Time Like This (Dance Mix)" | |||
| Released | September 1983 | |||
| Recorded | July 1983 | |||
| Genre | Funk-pop, post-disco | |||
| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Composer | (L. Naiff/M. Myers) | |||
| Producers | Mike Myers & Lynton Naiff | |||
| Haywoode singles chronology | ||||
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"A Time Like This" was a 1983 single by British singer Haywoode; and was released as her debut single and the lead single from the album "Arrival". It was a minor hit in the UK, registering on the pop and the dance charts.
Background
[edit]Haywoode's career had started as a regular Hill's Angel on The Benny Hill Show, but forayed into music in the summer of 1983.
The song was written and produced by Mike Myers and Lynton Naiff and was released in September 1983, but did not include a music video.
It is included as the eighth track on her debut studio album Arrival that was released in 1985.[1][2]
A mix of the song by Nick Martinelli is included on Haywoode's Roses Remixes & Rarities album that was released in 2018.[3]
Reception
[edit]The single had a positive review by Eleanor Levy in the 20 August 1983 issue of Record Mirror. Levy wrote that it was fast disco funk with a strong beat and that the song was tailor made for the charts. Its success resulted in Haywoode's later music being produced.[4]
Charts
[edit]Spending nine weeks on the pop chart, it peaked at No. 48.[5] It also was a dance hit, registering on the Music Week Top Disco and Dance singles chart.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Discogs - Haywoode – A Time Like This (Extended Version Part 1), Credits
- ↑ Billboard, January 25, 1986 - Page 51 dance TRACKS by Brian Chin, ODDS AND ENDS:
- ↑ Music Week, June 11th, 2018 - Reissues (June 11): On The Soul Side, Deep Feeling and Haywoode By Alan Jones, Haywoode Roses – Remixes & Rarities (Cherry Pop CRPOPD 194)
- ↑ Record Mirror, August 20, 1983 - Page 16 Singles, Non sexist reviews by EALANOR LEVY, HAYWOODE 'A Time Like This' (CBS)
- ↑ Official Charts - A TIME LIKE THIS by HAYWOODE, Chart history of A TIME LIKE THIS
- ↑ Music Week, September 10, 1983 - Page 31 MUSIC WEEK TOP SINGLES DISCO & DANCE, THIS WEEK 18, LAST WEEK 36, WEEKS ON CHART 2, A TIME LIKE THIS Haywoode
External links
[edit]- Discogs - Haywoode – A Time Like This
- SEVENMAN 7INCH MUSIC channel, May 7, 2022 - HAYWOODE / A TIME LIKE THIS / 1983 / A-SIDE / 7" VINYL / 80'S (audio)