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"Sign of the Times" is a song by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche. It was released as a single in support of their 1997 album Hear in the Now Frontier. The topics of this song are of school violence prevention gone overboard, racial hatred, and corrupt politicians.

"Sign of the Times"
Single by Queensrÿche
from the album Hear in the Now Frontier
Released	1997 (1997)
Recorded	1996 at Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville, TN Studio Litho, Seattle, WA
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:33
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Chris DeGarmo
Producer(s)	Peter Collins
Queensrÿche singles chronology
"Disconnected" (1994) "Sign of the Times" (1997) "You" (1997)

Formats and track listing

US CD single (7243 8 83792 2 9)

1. "Sign of the Times" (DeGarmo) – 3:33
2. "Chasing Blue Sky" (Rockenfield, Tate) – 3:39
3. "Silent Lucidity" (DeGarmo) – 5:10
4. "The Killing Words" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 3:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock[1]	3
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[2]	41

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3]	93

Personnel

• Geoff Tate-lead vocals
• Chris DeGarmo-guitar
• Michael Wilton-guitar
• Eddie Jackson-bass guitar
• Scott Rockenfield-drums

Additional personnel

• Steve Nathan-keyboards
• David Ragsdale-violin

References

External links

• "Sign of the Times" at Discogs (list of releases)

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