TOP 100 SONGS OF 1967 ― NUMBER 22

50 years ago this year these songs were released. I took the top 100 from Rolling Stone for 1967 and put them in the order in which I think they should have listed, since this was the decade of the music I grew up on. Enough of the formalities, here we go. Enjoy.

TIME HAS COME TODAY ― THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS

Genre ― Psychedelic Rock / Psychedelic Soul / Acid Rock



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"Time Has Come Today" is a hit single by the American soul group the Chambers Brothers, written by Willie & Joe Chambers. The song was recorded in 1966, released on the album The Time Has Come in November 1967, and as a single in December 1967. Although the single never quite reached the top ten in America, spending five weeks at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1968, it is now considered one of the landmark rock songs of the psychedelicera.

The song has been described as psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul and acid rock, and features a fuzz guitar twinned with a clean one. Various other effects were employed in its recording and production, including the alternate striking of two cow bells producing a "tick-tock" sound, warped throughout most of the song by reverb, echo and changes in tempo. It quotes several bars from “The Little Drummer Boy” at 5:40 in the long version.

Released versions ― 

1966 original version – Columbia 43816 - the original recording, 2:37 in length, which is completely different from the widely known 1968 "hit version".

1968 "hit version" #1 – Columbia 44414 – 3:05 edit of the Lp version. Fades out at the beginning of the "A" chord instrumental break with no other edits within the track. The label does not refer to the album The Time Has Come.

1968 "hit version" #2 – Columbia 44414 – 4:45 edit. The beginning of the "A" chord instrumental break is "overlapped" with its ending, followed by the third-verse reprise. 

There are also several other edits within this version. The label now mentions the album The Time Has Come.

Cover versions ― 

• Würm released a cover of the song on the B-side of their 1982 "We're Off / I'm Dead / Time Has Come Today" 7"-single
• Punk band the Ramones recorded a cover version of this song in 1983, which also was released as a single. This version is available on the band's album Subterranean Jungle.
• The song was covered in much changed way by Angry Samoans and included on their 1982 album Back from Samoa.
• Mark Edwards, of My Dad Is Dead, released a version on the Homestead Records compilation Human Music in 1989.
• Joan Jett covered the song for her 1990 album The Hit List.
• German new-wave band Bluefield on their 1991 album Struggling in Darkness. This song was also included on the sampler Zillo's mystic sounds Vol. 3 in 1992.
• Willy DeVille recorded the song for his 1995 album Loup Garou.
• American Idol finalist Bo Bice released a cover of this song for the anniversary of board game Monopoly.[9][10]
• Punk band Die' Hunns covered this song as a 7" single and again on their 2004 album Long Legs.
• Lords of Altamont covered the song on their 2005 album Lords Have Mercy.
• Steve Earle and Sheryl Crow covered the song for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Steal This Movie! This version also appears on Earle's compilation album Side Tracks.
• Garage punk rock band Dead Moon recorded the song for their 1989 album Unknown Passage.
• Greek punk garage rock The Last Drive recorded the song for their 1989 EP Time.
• Me'shell Ndegeocello covered the song for the soundtrack of the movie White Man's Burden which was released in 1995.
• Bootsy Collins covered the song exclusively for the 2015 comedy-horror television series Ash vs Evil Dead, which played over the credits of season one's seventh episode "Fire in the Hole".
• Coco Robicheaux covered the song on his 2010 album "Revelator."
• Robert Post (musician) covered the song for the soundtrack of the documentary "Gunnar Goes Comfortable" (2003).
• Pearl Jam covered the song during their show at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 2016.Film

Film ― 

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• Babylon Pink (1979)
• Bad Dreams (1988)
• Casualties of War (1989)
• The Doors (1991)
• Crooklyn (1994)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• Riding the Bullet (2004)
• Edison Force (2005)
• Nearing Grace (2005)
• The Zodiac (2006)
• Neal Cassady (2007)
• Talk to Me (2007)
• Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)

From Wikipedia and Google (image)