Song · Chambers Brothers
“Time Has Come Today” by Chambers Brothers
From the album The Time Has Come (1967)
“Time Has Come Today” by Chambers Brothers appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1967 on the album The Time Has Come. Its best result is #172 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,272 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Time Has Come Today" is the Chambers Brothers' acid-drenched epic, a Willie and Joe Chambers composition with Joe out front on lead vocal. Columbia first put it out as a single in 1966, then brought it back on The Time Has Come, the LP issued that November of 1967, and again as a single a month later.
It's psychedelic soul turned inside out: a fuzz guitar paired with a clean one, two cowbells knocked in turn for a ticking-clock beat, and the whole thing warped by reverb, echo and tempo shifts, while the long version even sneaks in a few bars of "The Little Drummer Boy". It stalled just outside the Billboard top 10, sitting at 11 for five weeks in the fall of 1968, reached nine in Canada, and it now stands as a milestone of psychedelic rock.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 689 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2001 | 319 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 738 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 737 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2009 | 172 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 279 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2014 | 686 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 832 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 312 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 534 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 392 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 419 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 623 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
| 2025 | 450 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
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