"Takes a Little Time" was a

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released in 1997 (see

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) to promote

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's album '' Behind the Eyes'', which was also released that year. "Takes a Little Time" included two songs from ''Behind the Eyes'', as well as a new version of Grant's 1982 Christian radio hit, "

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". The maxi-single was also an

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(ECD); a video could be viewed when inserted into a home computer. The ECD portion of the CD contained a live acoustic version of the song After the Fire, which Grant later released on her 2003 album '' Simple Things''; Grant stated on Oprah that she had written the song for her mother.

Track listing

# "Takes a Little Time" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 4:33 # "Somewhere Down the Road" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 5:09 # "El Shaddai '97" (Card, Thompson) - 4:10 * Bonus multimedia track - 39:14

Personnel

* Amy Grant – lead vocals * Keith Thomas – keyboards, electric guitar *

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– electric guitar * Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

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– bass *

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– drums * Mark Hammond – additional drum programming *

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– percussion,

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* Lisa Cochran – backing vocals * Tabitha Fair – backing vocals

Chart positions

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takes A Little Time (Amy Grant Song) Amy Grant songs 1997 singles Songs written by Wayne Kirkpatrick Songs written by Amy Grant 1997 songs Word Records singles Song recordings produced by Keith Thomas (record producer)