Turn Back the Hands of Time - Wikipedia Turn Back the Hands of Time Not to be confused with If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time or If I Could Turn Back Time. `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' Single by Tyrone Davis from the album Turn Back the Hands of Time B - side `` I Keep Coming Back '' Released February 1970 Format 7 '' single Genre R&B, Soul Length 2 : 35 Label Dakar Records Songwriter ( s ) Jack Daniels Bonnie Thompson Producer ( s ) Willie Henderson `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' is a song recorded by American R&B singer Tyrone Davis. The song was co-written by Jack Daniels and Bonnie Thompson and produced by Willie Henderson. Daniels and Thompson wrote `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' based on the relationship problems that Daniels was having at the time. Daniels had co-written Davis 's 1968 hit `` Can I Change My Mind '' and the recording session for `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' included some of the same musicians from `` Can I Change My Mind ''. `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' was released as a single in February 1970 and became Davis 's second major hit, spending two weeks at number one on Billboard 's R&B Singles chart and reaching number three on its Pop chart. The single was also certified gold by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' is from the album of the same name that MTV says `` ranks among the best soul LP 's of its time ''. Contents 1 Use in media 2 Chart history 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Personnel 4 Other versions 5 References Use in media The song appears in the 1995 movie, Nine Months. Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard R&B US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1970 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 51 US Cash Box 32 Personnel Background vocals by Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record & Robert Lester Bass guitar by Bernard Reed Drums by Quinton Joseph Guitar by Carl Woolfolk Keyboards by Floyd Morris Lead vocals by Tyrone Davis Written by Jack Daniels & Bonnie Thompson Produced by Willie Henderson Arranged by Tom - Tom Washington Other versions Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song on their 1971 album, Life. References `` Turn Back the Hands of Time '' song review on Allmusic website Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 147. Jump up ^ `` About Tyrone Davis ''. mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 24. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 30, 1970 Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970 Jump up ^ Checkmates, Ltd., Life Retrieved January 29, 2016. This 1970s R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turn_Back_the_Hands_of_Time&oldid=847198337 '' Categories : 1970 singles Checkmates, Ltd. songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles 1970s R&B song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 16 : 17 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang if i can turn back the hands of time
Answer: Tyrone Davis