Written by Stewart and Peter White for the album of the same name, the song featured an electric keyboard hook, an acoustic guitar riff, and a soaring saxophone solo by Phil Kenzie, accompanied by nostalgic lyrics about the fast passage of time.
Indeed, “Time Passages” became a massive radio hit as 1978 came to a close. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 9, 1978, amid an 18-week chart run—which was even higher than Stewart’s signature hit, “Year of the Cat,” which only made it to No. 8 in 1977.
There was just one problem with “Time Passages": Stewart wasn’t a fan of the song.
“I didn't realize truly how bad a song it was until one day I was in an elevator and I was listening to what I thought was Muzak,” Stewart continued, per Songfacts. “About 30 seconds went by, and I finally began to recognize it and said to myself, 'This sounds pretty horrible.' Then, horror of horrors, I heard my voice come on, it actually was the record. So I'm thinking, 'Oh my God what have I done, this is terrible!' Hopefully, in the last 25 years I've redeemed myself with other things, but ‘Time Passages’ has just never thrilled me."
In an interview with Songwriter Universe, Stewart recalled Arista Records CEO Clive Davis ordering him to write “some midtempo ballads—120 beats per minute with a saxophone on it” for his follow-up to the highly successful Year of the Cat album.
“A lot of people did like ‘Time Passages,’” Stewart added. “If someone likes anything that I’ve done for any reason, then I’m extremely grateful for it. And of course, it sold lots of copies, and you can’t knock it. But if you asked me if the song stands up as well as [my 1974 song] ‘Roads To Moscow,’ I’d say not.”
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