"Making Time" is a song by English rock band The Creation, and it was released as their debut single in 1966. It was written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips.[1] The lyrics portray the experience of working in a clock factory while co-workers listen to their favorites on the radio.^{[citation needed]} The song features an electric guitar played with a violin bow.[2]

"Making Time"
1966 Denmark issue
Single by The Creation
from the album We Are Paintermen
B-side	"Try and Stop Me"
Released	17 June 1966 (1966-06-17)
Recorded	18–19 May 1966
Studio	IBC Studios, London
Genre	Freakbeat garage rock
Length	2:58
Label	Planet/Philips
Songwriter(s)	Kenny Pickett Eddie Phillips
Producer(s)	Shel Talmy
The Creation singles chronology
"Making Time" (1966) "Painter Man" (1966)

Cover versions

The song has been covered by Das Damen, Little Free Rock, Television Personalities, and Green Bullfrog. You Am I released a version of the song on "Beat Party!", a bonus disc that came with initial copies of their album Hourly, Daily.

The single's B-side "Try and Stop Me" was covered by The Radiators from Space on their 1979 "Let's Talk About the Weather" single.

The hardcore punk band Circle Jerks covered the song on their Live Album “Gig”, recorded at the end of the 80’s and launched in 1992.^{[citation needed]}

Use in other media

It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 film Rushmore and in an Xfinity TV commercial in 2017.[3] It was also used in an Audi USA commercial in 2018.[4] Since 2017, it has been the theme song of The Great Pottery Throw Down.[5]

References

The mid-1980s band Makin' Time was named after the song.

References

External links

• "Making Time" at www.discogs.com

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