Time (Freddie Mercury song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Time

| cover = Freddie Mercury Time single 1986.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Freddie Mercury

| album = Time

| B-side = "Time (Instrumental version)" (3:20)

| released = 6 May 1986

| recorded = 1986

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 2:57 (Original Time LP version)
3:50 (single version)

4:35 (extended mix)
3:18 (2019 remix)

| label = EMI

| writer = * Dave Clark

• Jeff Daniels

| producer = * Dave Clark

• Freddie Mercury

| chronology = Freddie Mercury

| prev_title = Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = The Great Pretender

| next_year = 1987

}}

"Time" is a 1986 song recorded by Freddie Mercury, along with "In My Defence", for Dave Clark's musical of the same name.

Even though Mercury did not appear in the musical itself, both songs were included on the cast album, and "Time" was also released as a separate single, backed by an instrumental version of the song, and reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|title=Freddie Mercury, UK Chart Peak Positions|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21978/freddie-mercury/|publisher=Official Charts (United Kingdom)|accessdate=3 April 2016}} The song also peaked at #12 in Ireland.{{cite web |title=Search Results – Freddie Mercury |url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=artist&placement=Freddie+Mercury |website=The Irish Charts |accessdate=7 October 2020}}

The single version was later included in the 2000 box set The Solo Collection and the 2006 compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs: The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo.

The music video was shot at the Dominion Theatre, London, where the play had been staged since the world premiere of 9 April 1986. Since a matinée and evening performance were scheduled, the only time left for shooting was the early morning: so Mercury and Austrian producer Rudi Dolezal had to meet there at 6.00 in the morning.{{cite book|author=Jacky Gunn & Jim Jenkins|title=Queen: As It Began|year=1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRCxAAAACAAJ|accessdate=25 July 2011|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|isbn=978-88-7966-378-6|page=246}}