A Little Time

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"A Little Time"
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Template:Infobox song/link by the Beautiful South
from the album Choke
B-side
  • "In Other Words I Hate You"
  • "What You See Is What You Get"
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GenrePop[1]
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LabelGo! Discs
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Mike Hedges
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"I'll Sail This Ship Alone"
(1989) 		"A Little Time"
(589) 		"My Book"
(1990)

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"A Little Time" is a song by English pop rock group the Beautiful South, the first single to be released from their second album, Choke (1990). It was released in September 1990 by Go! Discs and consists of a duet featuring vocalists Dave Hemingway and Briana Corrigan.[2] Produced by Mike Hedges, "A Little Time" is the band's only single to reach number one on the UK singles chart, and it peaked inside the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Its accompanying music video was directed by Nick Brandt and won the British Video of the Year award at the 1991 Brit Awards.

Lyrical content

The Beautiful South have given different interpretations about the song's meaning. Songwriter Paul Heaton stated that "A Little Time" is about relationships in general, while co-writer David Rotheray considers it an unconventional love song. Briana Corrigan explained that the song encapsulates an everyday situation, as love is not always a good thing and can lead to conflict.[3]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Nick Duerden, writing for Record Mirror, described the song as "a sloping country lilt that unfolds so gracefully and quietly that it is truly touching" and added that the band's "sardonic humour is present as ever".[4] Nick Robinson of Music Week praised it as a "beautiful ballad" and "a tale of a crumbling relationship softly sung over a light rhythm complete with strings and piano".[5]

Awards

The music video for "A Little Time", directed by English photographer Nick Brandt, won the 1991 Brit Awards for British Video of the Year and is their only Brit Award to date.[6] It features a fighting couple (played by Hemingway and Corrigan), a trashed house, a load of flour and feathers, and a teddy bear's head impaled on the end of a kitchen knife.[2]

Track listings

  • 7-inch single and Australasian CD single[7][8]
  1. "A Little Time"
  2. "In Other Words I Hate You"
  • UK and European CD single[9]
  1. "A Little Time"
  2. "In Other Words I Hate You"
  3. "What You See Is What You Get"

Charts

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Gold 400,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 24 September 1990 Template:Screen reader-only Go! Discs [15]
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  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
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10 June 1991 CD [17]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Eames, Tom (31 July 2024). "The 100 greatest songs of the 1990s, ranked". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kutner, Jon; Leigh, Spencer (2005). 1,000 UK Number One Hits (E-book) (2013 ed.). London, England: Omnibus Press. pp. 937–939. ISBN 978-0-85712-360-2.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Duerden, Nick (29 September 1990). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 14. ISSN 0144-5804.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robinson, Nick (29 September 1990). "A&R: Singles". Music Week. p. 21. ISSN 0265-1548.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Beautiful South". Brit Awards. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.A Little Time (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Go! Discs. 1990. GOD 47, 869 210-7.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.A Little Time (Australasian CD single liner notes). Go! Discs. 1990. 869 210-2.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.A Little Time (UK & European CD single liner notes). Go! Discs. 1990. GODCD 47, 869 211-2.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 44. 3 November 1990. p. IV. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  12. ^ Radio Luxembourg Singles. 21 October 1990.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1990 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 2 March 1991. p. 41.
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  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beautiful South: A Little Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Release Summary – Product Available from : 04/02/91: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 54. 3 February 1991. p. 18.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Release Summary – Product Available from : 10/06/91: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 72. 9 June 1991. p. 18.

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