Get Me to the World on Time

The song was recorded at American Recording Company with multiple sound effects, and recording techniques which were highly complex. Similar to "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", the composition begins in low-range tones until the sudden shift. Singer James Lowe explained that the opening to the track is actually "[producer] Dave Hassinger groaning through a mike, into the tremolo of a Fender amp. It creates pulse-like overtones that sound like strings".{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLrTH4kXWZ8C&q=the+electric+prunes+get+me+to+the+world+on+time&pg=PA63|title=Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers|author=Richie Unterberger|year=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=9781617744815|accessdate=February 25, 2015}} Vocals by Lowe were initially soft until climbing to higher notes alongside the instrumentals. The instrumentals featured a Bo Diddley-styled riff (added by the band{{Cite web|url=http://shadwell.tripod.com/tucker.html|title=Interview With Annette Tucker, Electric Prunes Songwriter (1966–1967)|last=Jones|first=Haydn|date=2002|website=shadwell.tripod.com|publisher=The Electric Prunes Web Page|access-date=2016-09-09}}) played in the percussion, and given a psychedelic effect with a fuzz-distorted guitar.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&q=the+electric+prunes+get+me+to+the+world+on+time&pg=PA360|title=All Music Guide to Rock:The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul|isbn=9780879306533|accessdate=February 25, 2015|last1=Bogdanov|first1=Vladimir|last2=Woodstra|first2=Chris|last3=Erlewine|first3=Stephen Thomas|year=2002|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}{{failed verification|date=September 2016}} The band added in the rhythm while recording it in studio, one of the few times the group's input was accepted. They had sought to expand the track by including more electronic instrumentals and effects, but it was not allowed. The ending of the song, deemed the "spaceship", by playing the high E note on guitar until it reached the last fret, and an oscillator matched the peak.

Tucker and Jones wrote the song specifically for the Electric Prunes, deliberately including highly sexual (for the time) lyrics ("one kiss from you and my whole body starts to actin' strange, you shake up all my hormones, you put me through a change" etc.). The title refers to the song "Get Me to the Church on Time" from the 1956 musical My Fair Lady.

The track was released in March 1967, a few weeks after its inclusion on their debut album,{{cite web | url=https://www.45cat.com/record/0564 | title=The Electric Prunes - Get Me to the World on Time }} and reached Top 40 success in the United States. It was the band's last single to chart in the Top 40. Despite the band's difficulty in mimicking the studio version at live performances, the song was a favorite among their fans. To compensate for the lack of sound effects, the band normally expanded the composition beyond its regular track length.{{cite web|url=http://shadwell.tripod.com/dream.html|title=The Electric Prunes|work=tripod.com|author=Richie Unterberger|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/get-me-to-the-world-on-time-mt0014499330|title=Get Me to the World on Time – Review|work=allmusic.com|author=Lindsay Planer|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}

• "Get Me to the World on Time" / "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" – Reprise Records, #0564, US 1967
• "Get Me to the World on Time" / "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" – Reprise Records, #RS.20564, UK 1967
• "Get Me to the World on Time" / "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" – Reprise Records, #RA 0564, Germany 1967
• "Get Me to the World on Time" / "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" – Reprise Records, #R21.057, South Africa 1967
• "Get Me to the World on Time" / "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" – Reprise Records, #0564, Canada 1967
• "Get Me to the World on Time" / "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" – Reprise Records, #Fg 30095, Greece 1967

• (I Had) Too Much to Dream Last Night – 1967
• Nuggets Vol 6: Punk, Part 2 – 1985
• Long Day's Flight – 1986
• Classic Rock:Rock Renaissance – 1989
• Psychedelic Years Revisited – 1994
• Psychedelic Perceptions – 1996
• Stockholm '67 – 1997 (Live)
• Nuggets:Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965–1968 (1998 Reissue) – 1998
• Lost Dreams – 2001
• Rhino Hi-Five: The Electric Prunes – 2007
• The Complete Reprise Singles – 2012

• James Lowe – vocals, rhythm guitar, autoharp, tambourine
• Mark Tulin – bass guitar, piano, organ
• Ken Williams – lead guitar
• James Spagnola – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Preston Ritter – drums, percussion

There have been several notable remakes by other artists including:

• The Demics, on their 1996 album, New York City.
• The Strawberry Zots, on their 1989 album, Cars, Flowers, Telephones.
• Lick the Tins, on their 1995 album, Blind Man on a Flying Horse. The band recorded the song as a contemporary folk piece.
• The Physicals, in a 1978 demo recording that was released in the 1999 compilation album, Skulduggery.

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