Time of the Season
“Time of the Season” is a great song for Halloween / Samhain. It was created by English Rock Band, The Zombies and was released in 1968. It falls into the genre of Psychedelic Pop. It was written by Rod Argent, the keyboard player and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London in the summer of 1967.
The Zombies
If you think of The Zombies, “Time of the Season” is likely one of the first songs that springs to your head as it is world renowned now and regarded as a classic. It reached Number One in various parts of the globe, yet bizarrely failed to chart in the UK despite being released THREE times.
Failed to Chart in the UK
On it’s release it reached Number THREE in the USA, selling over a million copies while it made no impact in the UK.
“Surprisingly, this song never charted in the UK, although it is widely known there. In our 2015 interview with Rod Argent, he said: “‘Time of the Season’ was the #1 in most countries in the world, but it wasn’t in the UK. It’s been released three times in the UK, and it’s never been a hit. But the extraordinary thing is that everybody knows it in the UK. We played Glastonbury this year, and we had a big audience of the young kids who went completely mad when we played ‘Time of the Season.’ So, it has become, strangely enough, a classic in the UK, but it’s never been a hit.”
(Songfacts.com)
Jungle Voodoo Beat
I think the beat of the song is best decribed as “Jungle Voodoo” as the maker of the superb fan video above, Munrows Retro, describes it.
Odessey and Oracle
Time of the Season featured on the The Zombies 1968 album “Odessey and Oracle” which was an album with the theme of seasons. This was their second studio album. It is one of the most acclaimed albums of the sixties and was included in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of all time ranking at No.100.
Band Break up
The Zombies broke up shortly after recording the album. Rod Argent then formed a band called “Argent” in 1972. They had a famous song called “Hold your Head up”.
Time of The Season in Movies
This song has been featured in several movies and you may remember it from “The Conjuring” and “All The Money in the World.”
The Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year in 2019.
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Supernatural Hippie 
I love that song ♥️
It’s a seasonal thing 😎
It’s a Classic.👻👻👻
The UK thing is strange. The song is good.
It just goes to show that some brilliant songs or movies dont seem to catch at the time but then years or decades later are regarded as classics.
classic song; strange how it did so well in the U.S. and not in the U.K.
Yeah quite bizarre. Its an immediately catchy song.