Only Time

"Only Time"

Original release
Single by Enya
from the album A Day Without Rain
B-side "The First Of Autumn"
Released 20 November 2000
Recorded 1998
Genre New age
Length 3:38 (album version)
3:15 (Pop Radio Remix)
Label Warner Music
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Nicky Ryan
Enya singles chronology
"Only If..."
(1997)		 "Only Time"
(2000)		 "Wild Child"
(2001)
Music video
"Only Time" on YouTube

"Only Time" is a song composed and recorded 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 the Swiss American Federation (S.A.F.) (Christian B. and Marc Dold) with a final remix by Enya's producer, Nicky Ryan. Enya donated the earnings from the sale of that single to the Uniform Firefighters Association's Widows' and Children's Fund to help the families of fire fighters in the aftermath of 9/11.[1] 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[2] and #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[3]

During the summer of 2001, NBC used the song in commercials to promote Friends, which ended its season on a cliffhanger. The exposure helped the song gain familiarity and increased radio play. As a result, the song became Enya's first top 40 radio hit in 12 years. The song appeared twice on the TV show Viva La Bam where it first appeared in the montage of Bam Margera destroying Don Vito's cars in "Bamiature Golf" and again in "Where's Vito?" during a retrospective for Bam's Hummer after it was thrown off the cliff by Vito. On November 13, 2013, a Volvo Trucks campaign featuring the song and Jean-Claude Van Damme was launched. The success of the ad caused "Only Time" to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 at #43,[4][5] and the UK Singles Chart at #95. The song's music video, which shows Enya singing in the rain, was directed by Graham Fink and was released in 2000.[6]

Track listings

2000 original release (single)

  1. "Only Time"
  2. "The First of Autumn"
  3. "The Promise"

2001 remix release (EP)

  1. "Only Time (S.A.F. Remix)"
  2. "Oíche Chiúin"
  3. "Willows on the Water"
  4. "Only Time"

"Oíche Chiún" is properly spelled as "Oíche Chiúin" on some editions.

Promotional 2001 release

  1. "Only Time (S.A.F. Pop Radio Remix)"

Cover versions

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (2000-2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 69
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 1
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[9] 11
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) 1
France (SNEP)[10] 48
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 1
Italy (FIMI)[12] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 44
Poland (Polish Singles Chart)[14] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 1
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[17] 32
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top New Age Digital Tracks[18] 1
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[19] 10
Ireland (Irish Singles Chart)[20] 58
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 43

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[21] 99

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[22] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[23] 3× Gold 750,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] Gold 25,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Only Time song details at Enya.sk
  2. ↑ Hot 100 chart stats from billboard.com
  3. ↑ Billboard
  4. ↑ Davies, Alex (14 November 2013). "Jean-Claude Van Damme Did A Crazy Split Standing On 2 Trucks For A Volvo Ad". Business Insider. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5800854/lorde-royals-hot-100-chart-nine-weeks-eminem
  6. ↑ "Only Time, 2000. Directed by Graham Fink". EnyaOne. 2000. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  7. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Enya – Only Time" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Enya – Only Time" (in French). Ultratip.
  10. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Enya – Only Time" (in French). Les classement single.
  11. ↑ "Musicline.de – Enya Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  12. ↑ Italiancharts.com
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Enya – Only Time" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. ↑ "Nielsen Music Control". Archived from the original on 2007-05-12.
  15. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Enya – Only Time". Singles Top 100.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Enya – Only Time". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ↑ Chartstats.com
  18. ↑ Billboard
  19. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  20. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track - TOP 100 SINGLES, WEEK ENDING 21 November 2013".
  21. ↑ Rtl.de
  22. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Enya – Only Time" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Enya in the field Interpret. Enter Only Time in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  23. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enya; 'Only Time')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  24. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enya; 'Only Time')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
Preceded by
"There You'll Be" by Faith Hill
"If You're Gone" by Matchbox Twenty		 Billboard 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 Iglesias
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