"Find the Time" | ||||
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Single by Five Star | ||||
from the album Silk & Steel | ||||
B-side | "Sky" | |||
Released | 20 June 1986 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:29 | |||
Label | RCA, Tent | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Gurvitz, Nick Trevisick | |||
Producer(s) | Richard James Burgess | |||
Five Star singles chronology | ||||
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"Find the Time" is a 1986 single by the British pop group Five Star. It was the second single to be taken from their million-plus selling second album, Silk & Steel, and peaked at #7 in the UK in July 1986.
The single was written by Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz who had written the single "R.S.V.P." for the band the previous year.
The video features the band performing a dance routine alongside the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament in London.
The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on the fictional in-game station "Vice City FM".
7" single and picture disc:
12" single: PT40800
2nd 12" single: PT40800R
All tracks available on the remastered versions of either the 2010 'Silk & Steel' album, the 2013 'The Remix Anthology (The Remixes 1984-1991)' or the 2018 'Luxury - The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991' boxset EXCEPT * "Find The Time" (Dub) - only available on vinyl
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