| "This Is the Time" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Joel | ||||
| from the album The Bridge | ||||
| B-side | "Code of Silence" | |||
| Released | December 1986 | |||
| Length | 4:56 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Joel | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Ramone | |||
| Billy Joel singles chronology | ||||
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"This Is the Time" is a song performed by Billy Joel released as the third single from his album The Bridge . The song reached No. 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [1]
Billboard called it a "melancholy rock ballad from a doom-filled perspective." [2] Cash Box said that the "songwriting genius of Joel is in force again in this wistful, melodic ballad." [3]
| Chart (1986/87) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 73 |
| Canadian Singles Chart [5] | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks | 32 |
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