"It Might Be Time" | ||||
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Single by Tame Impala | ||||
from the album The Slow Rush | ||||
Released | 28 October 2019 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:33 | |||
Label | Modular | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kevin Parker | |||
Producer(s) | Kevin Parker | |||
Tame Impala singles chronology | ||||
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"It Might Be Time" is a song by Australian psychedelic music project Tame Impala. It is the tenth track on the 2020 studio album The Slow Rush , and was released as its second single on 28 October 2019. The song was written by Kevin Parker, who performed all instruments and vocals.
Triple J ranked it 43rd in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019. [2]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2021, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year. [3]
"It Might Be Time" is focused on aging and maturity. Writing for Forbes , Caitlin Kelley, described "It Might Be Time" as: "an ode to ephemerality, as [Parker] confronts the aging process. It would almost be a rude awakening if his words didn't dissipate in a dreamy haze of reverb. As he put it in an Instagram caption, "this quirky new song [is] about your own inner paranoid thoughts telling you you've lost your mojo." [4]
Lars Brandle, writing for Billboard , described the song as a "dreamy" and "slow" song. [5]
Claire Shaffer, writing for Rolling Stone , called "It Might Be Time" a combination of Kevin Parker's idiosyncratic space music sound, with "a propulsive drumbeat, plunking piano line and screeching, siren-like guitar riff." [6]
Kelley, writing for Forbes said that while the topic of the song is a departure from previous works, the song itself "isn't a huge departure from his past discography." [4] Kelley further said that the single is "a fitting entry in the spacey psych-pop that made Tame Impala one of the biggest rock bands in the world." [4]
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [7] | 7 |
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [8] | 39 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 8 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [10] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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