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"Only Time" 
Original releaseSingle by Enya from the album A Day Without Rain Released 20 November 2000 (original release)
19 November 2001 (remix)Genre New age Length 3:38 (album version)
3:15 (Pop Radio Remix)Writer(s) Roma Ryan (lyricist)
Enya (composer)Producer Nicky Ryan Enya singles chronology "Wild Child"
(2001)"Only Time"/
"Only Time (Remix)"
(2001)"Wild Child"
(2001)"Only Time" is a song that was recorded, and whose music was composed, by Irish singer Enya, first released in November 2000. The release of this single coincided with the release of the album A Day Without Rain. In 2001 "Only Time" was released again as a remix. The track was remixed by S.A.F. (Christian B. and Mark Dold) with a final remix by Enya's producer, Nicky Ryan. The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the motion picture Sweet November. To date, "Only Time" is Enya's biggest solo hit in the United States, where it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] and #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[2]
After the September 11, 2001 attacks "Only Time" was used as a soundtrack in many radio and television reports about the attacks.[3] Enya released a special edition of the song, and a maxi single was issued on 20 November 2001 featuring a pop mix, with proceeds donated to the families of victims.
Contents
Track listings
2000 release
- "Only Time"
- "The First of Autumn"
- "The Promise"
2001 remix
- "Only Time (Remix)"
- "Oíche Chiúin"
- "Willows on the Water"
- "Only Time"
"Oíche Chiún" is properly spelled as "Oíche Chiúin" on some editions.
Promotional 2001 release
- "Only Time (Pop Radio Remix)"
Cover versions
- The British soprano Keedie covered the song on her album I Believe My Heart.
- The Chinese musical group Twelve Girls Band covered the song on their album Eastern Energy.
Charts and sales
Peak Positions
Chart (2000) Peak
positionAustrian Singles Chart[4] 2 Canadian Singles Chart 1 Dutch Singles Chart[5] 44 French Singles Chart[6] 51 German Singles Chart[7] 1 Italian Singles Chart[8] 17 Swedish Singles Chart[9] 30 Swiss Singles Chart[10] 1 UK Singles Chart[11] 32 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1 Chart (2010) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top New Age Digital Tracks[12] 1 Decade-end charts
(2000–2009) Position German Singles Chart[13] 99 Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments Austria (IFPI Austria)[14] Gold 15,000x Germany (BVMI)[15] 3× Gold 750,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[16] Gold 25,000x ^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification aloneReferences
- ^ Hot 100 chart stats from billboard.com
- ^ Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart stats from billboard.com
- ^ "Into The mystic by Marc Weidenbaum (Feb, 2002)". Disquiet.com. http://disquiet.com/2002/02/01/into-the-mystic/. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
- ^ AT
- ^ NL
- ^ FR
- ^ GER
- ^ ITA
- ^ SWE
- ^ SWI
- ^ UK
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html
- ^ "Austrian single certifications – Enya – Only Time" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Enter Enya in the field Interpret. Enter Only Time in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
- ^ "German single certifications – Enya – Only Time" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Only+Time&strInterpret=Enya&strTtArt=single&strAwards=checked.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enya; 'Only Time')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Enya+Only+Time.
Preceded by
"There You'll Be" by Faith Hill
"If You're Gone" by Matchbox TwentyBillboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
September 29, 2001 (first run)
October 13, 2001 (second run)
October 27, 2001 (third run)
November 10 – December 1, 2001 (fourth run)Succeeded by
"If You're Gone" by Matchbox Twenty
"There You'll Be" by Faith Hill
"Hero" by Enrique IglesiasEnya Studio albums Enya (1987) • Watermark (1988) • Shepherd Moons (1991) • The Celts (1992) • The Memory of Trees (1995) • A Day Without Rain (2000) • Amarantine (2005) • And Winter Came... (2008)Compilations Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya (1997) • The Very Best of Enya (2009)EPs The Christmas EP (1994) • Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection (aka Christmas Secrets) (2006)Box sets Singles "I Want Tomorrow" • "Orinoco Flow" • "Storms in Africa" • "Exile" • "Caribbean Blue" • "How Can I Keep from Singing?" • "Book of Days" • "The Celts" • "Anywhere Is" • "On My Way Home" • "Only If..." • "Only Time" • "Wild Child" • "May It Be" • "I Don't Wanna Know" • "Amarantine" • "It's in the Rain" • "Trains and Winter Rains" • "White Is in the Winter Night" • "My! My! Time Flies!"As member of Clannad Related topics Discography • Leo's Tavern • Clannad • Nicky Ryan • Roma Ryan • Manderley Castle • 6433 Enya • Loxian
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CategoryCategories:- Singles certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Austria
- Singles certified triple gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie
- Singles certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Switzerland
- 2000 singles
- 2001 singles
- Enya songs
- Number-one singles in Germany
- Songs with lyrics by Roma Ryan
- Songs with music by Enya
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks number-one singles
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