title: Takes a Little Time (Amy Grant song)
text: # 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
  