Time Will Crawl

"Time Will Crawl"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Never Let Me Down
B-side	"Girls"
Released	15 June 1987[1][2]
Recorded	Autumn 1986
Studio	Mountain (Montreux, Switzerland)
Length	4:18 (album version) 4:54 (2008 remix)
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	David Bowie
Producer(s)	David Bowie David Richards
David Bowie singles chronology
"Day-In Day-Out" (1987) "Time Will Crawl" (1987) "Never Let Me Down" (1987)
Music video
"Time Will Crawl (Single Version)" on YouTube

"Time Will Crawl" is a song recorded by the English singer David Bowie, serving as the second single for his seventeenth album, Never Let Me Down (1987). It was written by Bowie and produced by him and David Richards. Released in 1987 by EMI, the recording addresses the destruction of the planet by pollution and industry; the Chernobyl disaster was a direct influence on the lyrics. The accompanying video served as a teaser to Bowie's Glass Spider Tour (1987). Music critics reviewed "Time Will Crawl" positively, commending its lyrics and production, and describing it one of Bowie's best efforts of the mid– to late–1980s. Additionally, Bowie later called the song one of his favorites from his entire career. Commercially, the single peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart and at number seven on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.