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No Time for Talk

1983 single by Christopher Cross

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ134984687 ↗
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"No Time for Talk" is a song by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was produced by Michael Omartian. Released in April 1983 as the second single from his second album Another Page, it peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1983. It is the third single by Cross to feature Michael McDonald, following "Ride Like the Wind" and "All Right".

There was also an instrumental version of this track in the film American Anthem, which was composed by Michael Omartian.

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“No Time for Talk” enters the record as 1983 single by Christopher Cross. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Time, Talk and single can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Time, Talk and single.
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