It Takes Time (Anne Murray song)

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"It Takes Time"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Straight, Clean and Simple
A-side "Put Your Hand in the Hand"
ReleasedApril 1971
Recorded1970 [1]
Genre Country
Length3:15
Label Capitol Records 3082
Songwriter(s) Shirley Eikhard
Producer(s) Brian Ahern
Anne Murray singles chronology
"A Stranger in My Place"
(1971)
"It Takes Time"
(1971)
"Talk It Over in the Morning"
(1971)

"It Takes Time" is a song written by Shirley Eikhard and originally performed by Anne Murray. Eikhard was 15 years old at the time of Murray's recording; it was her first professionally recorded composition.

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Murray's version of the song reached No. 1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, #6 on the Canadian Country chart, and #26 on the Canadian Pop chart in 1971. The song also appeared on her 1971 album, Straight, Clean and Simple . [2] The song was produced by Brian Ahern. [3]

At the age of 16, Eikhard released her version of the song. Issued as a single, the track reached No. 7 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and #33 on the Canadian Country chart. It was released on her 1972 album, Shirley Eikhard.

Chart performance

Anne Murray

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks6
Canadian RPM Top Singles26
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary1

Shirley Eikhard

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks33
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary7

Other cover versions

References

  1. Praguefrank
  2. Anne Murray, Straight, Clean and Simple Retrieved July 29, 2013
  3. Anne Murray, "It Takes Times" Retrieved July 29, 2013
  4. "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 15, 2022.