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"The Right Time"
"The Right Time" Front cover
Single by Hoodoo Gurus
from the album Crank
A-side	"The Right Time"
B-side	"Road Hog" / "Wait for the Sun"
Released	October 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	3:55
Label	BMG
Songwriter(s)	Dave Faulkner
Producer(s)	Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus singles chronology
"Castles in the Air" (1991) "The Right Time" (1993) "You Open My Eyes" (1994)

"The Right Time" is a song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released in October 1993 as the lead single from the group's sixth studio album, Crank. The song peaked at number 41 on the ARIA charts.

In June 2000, Dave Faulkner said "... was originally conceived to be just one of a suite of songs, a mini-opera like the Who's A Quick One as I strived to fulfil my Wagnerian masterplan to revive the '70s concept album (c.f. Radiohead). Two other songs from Crank, "Hypocrite Blues" and "Gospel Train", also survive from the grand opus. "The Right Time" was intended as the theme for a female gang of motorcycle hellcats, but of course that's obvious."

Track listing

CD single (7432116898-2)

1. "The Right Time" — 3:55
2. "Road Hog" — 2:30
3. "Wait for the Sun" — 3:05

Personnel

• Richard Grossman — bass
• Dave Faulkner — lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Mark Kingsmill — drums
• Brad Shepherd — guitar, vocals
• Producer — Ed Stasium (track 1), Hoodoo Gurus (tracks 2, 3)
• Engineer — Paul Hamingson (track 1), Charles Fisher (tracks 2, 3)
• Mixer — Greg Calbi (track 1), Darius Sulic (tracks 2, 3)
• Mastering — Greg Calbi

Charts

References

1. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
2. Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
3. "Hoodoo Gurus – The Right Time". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

• 1993 singles
• Hoodoo Gurus songs
• 1993 songs
• Songs written by Dave Faulkner (musician)