It's About Time (Young the Giant song)

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"It's About Time"
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Single by Young the Giant
from the album Mind over Matter
ReleasedOctober 28, 2013 (2013-10-28)
Genre Alternative rock
Length3:48
Label Fueled by Ramen
Songwriter(s) Sameer Gadhia, Jacob Tilley, Eric Cannata, Payam Doostzadeh, Francois Comtois
Producer(s) Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Young the Giant singles chronology
"Apartment"
(2012)
"It's About Time"
(2013)
"Crystallized"
(2013)

"It's About Time" is a song by American rock band Young the Giant from the band's second studio album, Mind over Matter . It was released as the lead single from the album on October 28, 2013. [1] A music video accompanying the song was released the same day. [2]

Contents

In an interview with Rolling Stone , Young the Giant drummer Francois Comtois said that the track is "certainly the most aggressive song on the album. But it kind of came from this realization we could do what we wanted to do and be honest about it." [3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–2014)Peak
position
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [4] 5
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 17
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 5
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [7] 2
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [8] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [9] 59
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [10] 21
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) [11] 16
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) [12] 45

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