"Time Is Ticking Out" is a song by Irish band the Cranberries. It was the second

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from their fifth studio album, ''

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee ''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'' is the fifth studio album by Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries, and their last before their six-year hiatus. Released on 22 October 2001, the album sold 170,000 copies in the US by April 2007. Worldwide ...

'', released in 2001.

Dolores O'Riordan Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( ; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. She was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the alternative rock band the Cranberries. One of the most recogniza ...

wrote the song after she had seen the children of

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born with many illnesses. The Cranberries donated all the proceeds of the single to the Chernobyl Children’s Project charity. A promotional video, directed by Maurice Linnane, features the band members as modern-life '' The Wizard of Oz'' characters.

Remixes

As for the " Analyse" single, music producer

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was commissioned to remix "Time Is Ticking Out". Four versions of the up-tempo remix were released, either physically or digitally. The long version was made available on the 4-track commercial single, while a 3:59-edit version was featured on some promotions CDs as well as on the Asian Tour Special Edition of ''

''. An instrumental mix was also released on vinyl. Finally, a slightly different 4:55 version of unknown origin was released digitally on Internet.

Track listings

2-track CD single # "Time Is Ticking Out" (album version) – 2:59 # "Loud and Clear" (Live at Vicar Street, Dublin – November 11, 2000) – 2:25 4-track CD singleDiscogs, The Cranberries, Time Is Ticking Out, 4-track CD single
155917-2. # "Time Is Ticking Out" (album version) – 2:59 # "Time Is Ticking Out" (Marius de Vries Remix) – 5:12 # "Shattered" (Live at Vicar Street, Dublin – November 11, 2000) – 3:38 # "Analyse" (enhanced video) Promo CD # "Time Is Ticking Out" (album version) – 2:59 # "Time Is Ticking Out" (Marius de Vries Remix edit) – 3:59 Promo vinyl # "Time Is Ticking Out" (Marius de Vries Remix) # "Time Is Ticking Out" (Marius de Vries Instrumental)

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2002 singles The Cranberries songs Songs written by Dolores O'Riordan Songs written by Noel Hogan MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Stephen Street 2001 songs