A Little Time

"A Little Time" is a song by English pop rock group 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, and it peaked inside 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
ReleasedSeptember 1990
Recorded1990
GenrePop rock, country pop
LabelGO! 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

References
  1. Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "The Beautiful South: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. "SingStar – Home". Singstargame.com. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. "The Beautiful South". Brits.co.uk. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  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. "1990 Top 100 Singles". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 2 March 1991. p. 41.
  14. "British single certifications – Beautiful South – A Little Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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