"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" is a song by the British singer

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

, released as a single in August 1970. It peaked at number 21 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

Release

"I Ain't Got Time Anymore" was written by

Mike Leander Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Gli ...

and Eddie Seago and features an accompaniment by the Mike Vickers Orchestra. It was released with the B-side "Monday Comes Too Soon", written by

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and

Jerry Lordan Jerry Lordan (born Jeremiah Patrick Lordan, 30 April 1934 – 24 July 1995) was an English songwriter, composer and singer. He achieved 3 hit singles on the UK Singles Chart before focusing purely on songwriting. Amongst his songwriting c ...

. Reviewing for ''

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'', Peter Jones described "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" as " a slow starter, through the verse with an inquiring sort of tone and then into a gentle-paced chorus, with voices tacked on... The performance is beyond criticism, as it usually is with Cliff. I guess his success is an ability to switch disc styles. Whatever it is this is destined for a very high chart placing".

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 8708 # "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" – 2:32 # "Monday Comes Too Soon" – 2:30

Charts

The Glass Bottle version

In July 1971, American band

The Glass Bottle The Glass Bottle was an American pop band fronted by Gary Criss, whose song about bitterness and heartbreak, " I Ain't Got Time Anymore", was recorded in 1970 and reached #36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in September 1971, and #15 in Cana ...

released a cover of the song as a single. It peaked at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" was originally released as the B-side to a cover of the

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song " Things". However, it was quickly released as the A-side with a different B-side, "The First Time".

Charts

References

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