"Takes a Little Time"
Single by Amy Grant
from the album Behind the Eyes
Released	1997
Recorded	Secret Studio, Franklin, TN
Genre	CCM, adult contemporary, pop
Length	4:33
Label	Myrrh/Word
Songwriter(s)	Amy Grant, Wayne Kirkpatrick
Producer(s)	Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick, John Darnall
Amy Grant singles chronology
"The Things We Do for Love" (1996) "Takes a Little Time" (1997) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1997)
Music video
"Takes a Little Time" on YouTube

"Takes a Little Time" was a maxi-single released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) to promote Amy Grant'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, "El Shaddai". The maxi-single was also an enhanced CD (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

1. "Takes a Little Time" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 4:33
2. "Somewhere Down the Road" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 5:09
3. "El Shaddai '97" (Card, Thompson) - 4:10

• Bonus multimedia track - 39:14

Personnel

• Amy Grant – lead vocals
• Keith Thomas – keyboards, electric guitar
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
• Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Tommy Sims – bass
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Mark Hammond – additional drum programming
• Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica
• Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
• Tabitha Fair – backing vocals

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