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Sign of the Times (Queensrÿche song)

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"Sign of the Times"
Single by Queensrÿche
from the album Hear in the Now Frontier
Released1997 (1997)
Recorded1996 at Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville, TN
Studio Litho, Seattle, WA
GenreHard rock
Length3:33
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Chris DeGarmo
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Queensrÿche singles chronology
"Disconnected"
(1994)
"Sign of the Times"
(1997)
"You"
(1997)

"Sign of the Times" is a song by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche. It was released as a single in support of their 1997 album Hear in the Now Frontier. The topics of this song are of school violence prevention gone overboard, racial hatred, and corrupt politicians.

Formats and track listing

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US CD single (7243 8 83792 2 9)
  1. "Sign of the Times" (DeGarmo) – 3:33
  2. "Chasing Blue Sky" (Rockenfield, Tate) – 3:39
  3. "Silent Lucidity" (DeGarmo) – 5:10
  4. "The Killing Words" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 3:35

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock[1] 3
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[2] 41

Year-end charts

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Chart (1997) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 93

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Queensrÿche - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 65, No. 5, April 07 1997". RPM. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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