This Time (Dragon song)

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"This Time"
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Single by Dragon
from the album Sunshine
A-side "This Time"
B-side "The Dreaded Moroczy Bind"
ReleasedJune 1976
Genre Rock
Length3:05
Label CBS Records, Portrait Records
Songwriter(s) Marc Hunter, Neil Storey, Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter
Producer(s) Peter Dawkins
Dragon singles chronology
"Wait Until Tomorrow"
(1976)
"This Time"
(1976)
"Get that Jive"
(1977)

"This Time" also known as "In the Right Direction" in some international releases, is a song by New Zealand band Dragon, released in 1976, and included on their album Sunshine . It was released as a single in June 1976, and peaked at No. 26 on the Australian national singles chart, remaining on the chart for 23 weeks [1]

Contents

B-side

The b-side, "The Dreaded Moroczy Bind", did not appear on any of Dragon's studio albums but was included on Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and some subsequent compilations. Chess-fan Hewson named it after the Maróczy Bind, a pawn formation. [2]

Track listing

  1. This Time (Marc Hunter, Neil Storey, Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter) – 3:05
  2. The Dreaded Moroczy Bind (Marc Hunter, Neil Storey, Paul Hewson, Robert Taylor, Todd Hunter) – 3:24

Charts

Chart (1976/77)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [3] 26

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. .Dragon – This Time at Australian Music Database
  2. Glen Moffatt. "Paul Hewson – in the Dragon's lair". Audio Culture.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.