Takes a Little Time (Amy Grant song)
# Takes a Little Time (Amy Grant song)

"Takes a Little Time" was a maxi-single released in 1997 (see 1997 in music) to promote Amy Grant's album Behind the Eyes, which was also released that year. "Takes a Little Time" included two songs from Behind the Eyes, as well as a new version of Grant's 1982 Christian radio hit, "El Shaddai". The maxi-single was also an enhanced CD (ECD); a video could be viewed when inserted into a home computer. The ECD portion of the CD contained a live acoustic version of the song After the Fire, which Grant later released on her 2003 album Simple Things; Grant stated on Oprah that she had written the song for her mother.

## Track listing

* "Takes a Little Time" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 4:33
* "Somewhere Down the Road" (Grant, Kirkpatrick) - 5:09
* "El Shaddai '97" (Card, Thompson) - 4:10
* Bonus multimedia track - 39:14

## Personnel

* Amy Grant – lead vocals
* Keith Thomas – keyboards, electric guitar
* Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
* Gordon Kennedy – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Tommy Sims – bass
* Chad Cromwell – drums
* Mark Hammond – additional drum programming
* Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica
* Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
* Tabitha Fair – backing vocals
