| "It Only Takes a Minute" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of New Zealand single | ||||
| Single by Tavares | ||||
| from the album In the City | ||||
| B-side | "I Hope She Chooses Me" | |||
| Released | July 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soul, R&B, disco | |||
| Length | 3:13 (single version) 4:00 (album version) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter | |||
| Producer(s) | Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter | |||
| Tavares singles chronology | ||||
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"It Only Takes a Minute" is a 1975 song by American soul/R&B group Tavares, released as the first single from their third album, In the City (1975). The song was the group's only top-10 pop hit in the United States, peaking at number 10, and their second number one song on the American soul charts.[1] On the US Disco chart, "It Only Takes a Minute" spent five weeks at number two and was the first of four entries on the chart.[2] The song was subsequently covered by Jonathan King performing as 100 Ton and a Feather in 1976 and by boy band Take That in 1992.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 254.