Killin' Time (Clint Black song)

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"Killin' Time"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Killin' Time
B-side"A Better Man"
ReleasedJuly 15, 1989
Recorded1988
GenreCountry
Length2:47
LabelRCA Nashville 8945
Songwriter(s)Clint Black, Hayden Nicholas[1]
Producer(s)Mark Wright
James Stroud
Clint Black singles chronology
"A Better Man"
(1989) 		"Killin' Time"
(1989) 		"Nobody's Home"
(1989)

"Killin' Time" is a song written by

Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. When Billboard published its year-end Hot Country Singles chart for 1989, "Killin' Time" was the No. 2 song of the year — one spot behind Black's "A Better Man."[2] The successes of "A Better Man" and "Killin' Time" were instrumental in Black winning the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1989.[3]

Music video

This was his second music video and was directed by Bill Young, and premiered in July 1989. It features Black singing the song at a bar named My Place (the actual name of the bar at the time of filming). He addresses a woman named Minnie in the opening (the name of the original owner of My Place). My Place located in

Sealy, TX is now known as Saddleback Saloon. He was wearing a T-shirt that has Don't Mess with Texas
written on it, and features him in another singing the song wearing a striped shirt. He puts the guitar down, and the video ends.

At 2:50 into, Clint's brother Brian Black makes a cameo dancing on the dance floor in front of Clint Black (in which viewers confused the guy on the dance floor as George Strait). Also making a cameo appearance in the video as an older Clint is Clint's brother Kevin Black.

Chart positions

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 10
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 2

Certifications

Certifications for Killin' Time
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas: Houston Duo has Country Success". May 1991. Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  2. ^ "Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs - 1989". Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  3. ISBN 0-06-273244-7
    )), p. 161
  4. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6583." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 16, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Clint Black Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  8. ^ "American single certifications – Clint Black – Killin' Time". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

See also

  • Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits." (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (
    ISBN 0-82-307553-2
    ))


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