All This Time (Tiffany song)

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"All This Time"
All This Time (Tiffany single - cover art).jpg
Single by Tiffany
from the album Hold an Old Friend's Hand
B-side "Can't Stop a Heartbeat"
ReleasedOctober 24, 1988 (1988-10-24)
Recorded1988
Genre Pop
Length4:20
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Tim James, Steven McClintock
Producer(s) George Tobin
Tiffany singles chronology
"Feelings of Forever"
(1988)
"All This Time"
(1988)
"Radio Romance"
(1989)
Music video
"Tiffany - All This Time" on YouTube

"All This Time" is a song recorded by American singer Tiffany. The song was written by Tim James and Steven McClintock, with the song being produced by her manager George Tobin. The song was released through MCA Records on October 24, 1988, as the lead single to her second studio album Hold an Old Friend's Hand (1988).

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The song became a hit, although less successful than her prior lead single "I Think We're Alone Now" from her self-titled debut album. "All This Time" became her fourth and final top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number six. The song was also a minor top 50 hit in the UK.

Song information

All This Time, a mid-tempo ballad, was released on October 24, 1988, on radio airplay. [1] It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #6 in mid February 1989, becoming her fourth and last top 10 hit. It was also a top-ten hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [2] In the UK, "All This Time" served as second single to "Radio Romance", charting in the top 50.

The song was also released several months previously on the Japanese remix EP, I Saw Him Standing There, and the Japanese single edition of "I Saw Him Standing There". It was also released on one of her greatest hits compilations.

Music video

The music video was filmed at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Around 10 p.m., a taxi drops Tiffany at the train station. She walks through the empty boarding area, hugging her chest with her arms and waist. She follows the train as it prepares to stop. She walks into an auditorium and leans against a seat, staring into the spotlight shining on her. On a darkened stage, she performs. The breeze lifts up her hair while she sits on the windowsill in the family room. She rides a carousel alone. Back at the family room, she unwraps some letters tied with a pink bow and reads them. She walks on the stage, looking at the red scarlet red columns and stairs set up for her performance. While the sun sets, she leans against the railing at the pier. On stage, she is filmed through a sepia filter and hazy glass. She raises her hand, feeling the rain drops and walks up the steps to her room. A Charlie Chaplin puppet bounces outside. She walks to Knott's Memory Lane and stands by the fountain. Lit in white, she sits on the windowsill. She stops at Cestrella's and puts in a quarter in the slot. The animatronic fortune teller turns her head to the left. She performs on a strip of film. By the end of the video, she waits at the train station. The fortune from the game reads: "The sun still shines. The sun still sets." until it faded in white. [3]

Commercial performance

"All This Time" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 5, 1988 at number 90, being her first entry since "Feelings of Forever" in 1988. The song then rose up to number 81 the next week. The single would enter the top-40 on December 3, 1988. By the end of 1988, "All This Time" had risen to number 24. By January 28, 1989, the song had rose up to number ten, becoming Tiffany's fourth top ten hit on the Hot 100 and her first since "I Saw Him Standing There". On February 11, "All This Time" reached its peak position of number six on the chart before making a sharp fall to number 20 the next week. The song would overall spend 21 weeks on the chart. "All This Time" is, to date, Tiffany's last top ten hit on the Hot 100. "All This Time" also became a hit on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number ten.

The song itself had minor success internationally.

"All This Time" debuted on the UK Singles Chart chart (where it was released as the album's second single) the week of 11 February 1989 at its peak position of number 47, where it stayed for two consecutive weeks. The song was last seen on 25 February, at number 55. It is also Tiffany's last entry in the UK to date. The song debuted on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart on December 17, 1988 at number 93, later rising to a peak position of number four.

Track listings and formats

7" single and cassette single

  1. "All This Time" – 4:20
  2. "Can't Stop a Heartbeat" – 4:45

Europe 12" vinyl, mini-CD single

  1. "All This Time" – 4:20
  2. "I'll Be the Girl" – 4:27
  3. "I Think We're Alone Now (Extended Version)" – 6:35

Charts

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