"Turn Back the Hands of Time"
Swedish vinyl single
Single by Tyrone Davis
from the album Turn Back the Hands of Time
B-side"I Keep Coming Back"
ReleasedFebruary 1970
RecordedJanuary 23, 1970
StudioUniversal, Chicago, IL
GenreR&B, Soul
Length2:35
LabelDakar
Songwriter(s)
  • Jack Daniels
  • Bonnie Thompson
Producer(s)Willie Henderson
Tyrone Davis singles chronology
"Is It Something You've Got"
(1969) 		"Turn Back the Hands of Time"
(1970) 		"I'll Be Right Here"
(1970)

"Turn Back the Hands of Time" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Tyrone Davis. It was co-written by Jack Daniels and Johnny Moore a.k.a. John Edward Moore (credited to Moore’s girlfriend at the time, Bonnie Thompson) and produced by Willie Henderson.

"Turn Back the Hands of Time" was released as a single in February 1970 and became Davis's second major hit, spending two weeks at number one on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and reaching number three on its Pop chart.[1] The single was also certified gold by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. "Turn Back the Hands of Time" is from the album of the same name that MTV says "ranks among the best soul LP's of its time".[2]

Background

Daniels and Moore wrote "Turn Back the Hands of Time" based on relationship problems Moore was having at the time. Daniels had co-written Davis's 1968 hit "Can I Change My Mind" and the recording session for "Turn Back the Hands of Time" included some of the same musicians from that session.

Chart history

Chart (1970) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 3
US Billboard R&B 1
US Cash Box Top 100[4] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 51
US Cash Box[6] 32

Personnel

Other versions

Use in media

The song appears in the 1995 movie, Nine Months.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 147.
  2. ^ "About Tyrone Davis". MTV. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/30/70". Tropicalglen.com.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970". Musicoutfitters.com.
  6. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1970". Tropicalglen.com.
  7. ^ Checkmates, Ltd., Life Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  8. ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. 1975. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
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