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Justin Moore Puts an Easy-Going Spin on a Tough Topic in ‘Time’s Ticking’
This week's Makin' Tracks highlights the writing and recording process behind Justin Moore's "Time's Ticking"
Most families have seasonal rituals — pulling out the same ornaments, baking the same foods and singing the same songs — so the advent of a new baby, a death, a wedding or a divorce are likely to become more extreme during that window and remind people of life’s uncertainties. Moore willingly addressed mortality in previous hits “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” and “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home,” so when Stover suggested “Time’s Ticking,” no one batted an eye at the subject matter. Bundy started working with a brisk train beat, putting an energetic spin on a potentially difficult topic, and they developed the chorus’ lyrical framework, opening with “Call your mama, kiss your babies” and closing with the title.
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