Turn Back the Hands of Time

"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"
Released	February 1970
Recorded	January 23, 1970
Studio	Universal, Chicago
Genre	R&B, Soul
Length	2:35
Label	Dakar
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 the 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] Bruce Springsteen covered the song in his 2022 studio album, Only the Strong Survive.