Time and Tide (Basia song)

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"Time and Tide"
Single by Basia
from the album Time and Tide
B-side "Run for Cover"
Released1987
Genre
Length4:00
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Danny White
  • Basia Trzetrzelewska
Basia singles chronology
"New Day for You"
(1987)		"Time and Tide"
(1987)		"Baby You're Mine"
(1990)

"Time and Tide" is a song by Polish singer Basia from her first solo album, Time and Tide, released in 1987. The song remains one of her biggest hits to date.

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Background

The track was written and produced by Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White. Basia wrote the lyrics about her and Danny's unfulfilled love, at the time when they both were in relationships with other partners. The song has become a staple at wedding receptions in America. [1]

"Time and Tide" was released as the sixth and final single from Basia's debut album, also titled Time and Tide. It was a chart success in the USA where it became her first Top 40 hit on Billboard 's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. Despite being Basia's biggest U.S. pop hit, the song was never remixed. [2] In 1995, the single was re-released in Japan to promote the live album Basia on Broadway . [3]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Nick Morris. It shows Basia and her band rehearsing the song for a performance in an empty nightclub. At the song's climax, the setting changes as Basia finishes the song with the nightclub now occupied by an energetic audience. It was released on Basia's VHS/LaserDisc A New Day in 1990 [4] and on a bonus DVD included in the special edition of her album It's That Girl Again in 2009. [5]

Track listings

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Canada ( RPM 100 Singles) [6] 94
UK Singles Chart (OCC) [7] 61
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 26
US Billboard Adult Contemporary [9] 19

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References

  1. ↑ "Moja nowa filozofia" (in Polish). Interia . Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  2. ↑ "25 Years of Basia's 'Time And Tide'". www.popservations.com. 2013-05-31. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  3. ↑ "BASIA: The International Discography - Compact Disc Singles". basiafan.tripod.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. ↑ A New Day (VHS). CBS. 1990.
  5. ↑ "magic RECORDS - KATALOG PŁYT - Basia: It's That Girl Again (edycja specjalna)" (in Polish). magicrecords.pl. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  6. ↑ "Item: 5579 - Library and Archives Canada". RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  7. ↑ "BASIA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  8. ↑ "Basia Chart History (Hot 100)". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  9. ↑ "Basia Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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