A Little Time

"A Little Time" is a song by The Beautiful South. It consists of a duet featuring vocalists Dave Hemingway and Briana Corrigan.[1] "A Little Time" is the band's only single to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart,[2] and it reached the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands.

Not to be confused with So Little Time.

"A Little Time"
Single by The Beautiful South
from the album Choke
Released	September 1990 (UK)
Recorded	1990
Genre	Pop rock, country pop
Label	GO! Discs
Songwriter(s)	Paul Heaton/David Rotheray
Producer(s)	Mike Hedges, The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South singles chronology
"I'll Sail This Ship Alone" (1989) "A Little Time" (1990) "My Book" (1990)

The single was the first to be released from the Choke album. However, the other two singles taken from the album did not share similar success; "My Book" charted at number 43 whereas "Let Love Speak Up Itself" charted at number 51.[2]

The song is featured on the PlayStation 2 game SingStar Party.[3]

Awards

The video won the 1991 Brit Awards for British Video of the Year, directed by photographer Nick Brandt, which is their only Brit Award to date.[4] It features a fighting couple (played by Hemingway and Corrigan), a trashed house, a load of flour and feathers, and a teddy bear's head impaled on the end of a kitchen knife.[1]

Track listing

1. "A Little Time"
2. "In Other Words I Hate You"
3. "What You See Is What You Get"

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (1990–1991) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 72 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 20 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 17 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 3 Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 47 Ireland (IRMA)[10] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 24 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 18 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] 12 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Gold 400,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Beautiful South". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
3. "SingStar - Home". Singstargame.com. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
4. "The Beautiful South". Brits.co.uk. 2014-02-19. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
6. "Austriancharts.at – The Beautiful South – A Little Time" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
7. "Ultratop.be – The Beautiful South – A Little Time" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7 no. 44. 3 November 1990. p. IV. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Beautiful South – A Little Time". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
10. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – A Little Time". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
11. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 51, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 4 February 2019.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Beautiful South – A Little Time" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
13. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
14. "1990 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 2 March 1991. p. 41.
15. "British single certifications – Beautiful South – A Little Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type A Little Time in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics