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SONGS-WE-LOVE: Culture Club’s “Time (Clock of the Heart)” (1982)

February 16, 2025 Albumism Staff
Culture Club Time (Clock of the Heart)
  • ARTIST: Culture Club

  • TITLE: “Time (Clock of the Heart)”

  • ALBUM: Kissing to Be Clever (Reissued US Version) (1983)

  • RELEASE DATE: November 19, 1982 (UK) | March 29, 1983 (US)

  • LABEL: Virgin/Epic

  • WRITTEN BY: Culture Club

  • PRODUCED BY: Steve Levine

  • CHART HISTORY (PEAK): US #2 Billboard Hot 100 | UK #3 Singles Chart

  • OUR FAVORITE LYRICS: “Because time won't give me time / And time makes lovers feel / Like they've got something real / But you and me we know / They've got nothing but time / And time won't give me time / Won't give me time”

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