Time To Believe first appeared a a b-side to the Rain In the Summertime 12″ single released in October 1987. The recording was later remastered and added to the Eye Of The Hurricane album as part of The Alarm 2000 box set version of the album. New versions have been recorded for Stream and Time 1981-2021.
1987 B-side recording details
Running length : 3:26
Written By: Macdonald/Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals, Electro-acoustic Guitars & Drum programming
Eddie Macdonald – Bass Guitar, Keyboards & Drum programming
Mark Taylor – Keyboards
Backing track recorded 21st June 1987 at Pace Studios, Milton Keynes, England.
Produced by Eddie Macdonald.
Mixed at Great Linford Manor Studios, Milton Keynes, England by Gary Wilkinson & Eddie Macdonald.
Alternative studio recording releases – remaster, Time 1981-2021 new recording
2000 – The Alarm – The Alarm 2000 Collection Box Set : Eye Of The Hurricane [1987-1988] [Remastered]
Running length : 3:30
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Lead Vocals, Electro-acoustic Guitars & Drum programming
Eddie Macdonald – Bass Guitar, Keyboards & Drum programming
Mark Taylor – Keyboards
Remastered from the 1987 recording by Mike Peters
Remastering Engineered by Gary Butler @ RTS Liverpool in 2000
2019 – Mike Peters presents The Alarm – Stream {Hurricane of Change} – Downstream disc
Running length : 0:09 intro narration, 0:16, plus 0:15 outro narration
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – 1st Voice, Acoustic Guitars, Narration
Recorded at Sain Studios, Wales 8th – 12th February 2019
Recorded and engineered by George Williams
Assistant recording engineer Aled Hughes
Demonstration tape engineer Mark Warden
2020 – Mike Peters – Time 1981-2021
Running length : 3:39
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica
Produced by Mike Peters
Recorded & Mixed by Mark Warden
Engineered by Aled Hughes at Sain Recordiau Cyf
Studio Assistance by Andy Labrow
Album appearances and discography of studio recordings
All the following are Worldwide releases except where stated
2000 – The Alarm – Eye Of The Hurricane [1987-1988] – Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C013 (CD). Appearing as part of the Alarm 2000 collection box set and then later as an individual disc. 1987 recording remastered.
2019 – Mike Peters presents The Alarm – Stream {Hurricane of Change} – Downstream disc – Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C112 (CD). 2019 recording. 
2020 – Mike Peters – Time 1981-2021 – Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C116 (CD). 2020 new recording.
Single appearances and discography
UK Release :
October 1987 : 12″ Vinyl – Rain In The Summertime / Rose Beyond The Wall / (b-side) The Bells Of Rhymney (live)/ Time To Believe – IRS Records, catalogue number IRMT144
Europe Release :
October 1987 : 12″ Vinyl – Rain In The Summertime (Through The Haze Mix) / Rose Beyond The Wall / (b-side) The Bells Of Rhymney (live)/ Time To Believe – IRS Records, catalogue number ILS651207 6
Officially released live recordings – Audio
All the following are Worldwide releases on Twenty First Century Recording Company
(Except where stated)
24th August 2003. Recorded at William Aston Hall, NEWI, Wrexham, Wales
Running Length 3:51 Mike Peters Solo acoustic.
Released in 2003 on Alarmstock Volume 6 – A Road Less Travelled
Lyrics -1987 B-side-recording
It’s time
Time to reconsider
Time to search my soul
My life in these few pages
Time to write the book of my manhood
Water flows beneath the bridge
There’s still time
There’s still time to believe
My mind
Is burning fire emotion
I push everyone to the edge
I’ve only found destruction
How long can I go on
I’ve been losing
Hurting for someone to hold Someone to believe
Someone to release
Someone to believe in me
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time
A time to believe
A time to believe (Oh yeah)
I’ve searched
A thousand eyes to find love
I know I’ve been a fool
To think that I could find you
I know that I’ve been losing my mind
I found heartache
Hurting for someone to hold Someone to believe
Someone to release
Someone to believe in me
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time
A time to believe
A time to believe (Oh yeah)
And I
I stand before you naked
There’s no more to be seen
Those dreams I could never capture
I’ve finally let them go
I’ve been losing
Hurting for someone to hold
Someone to believe
Someone to release
Someone to believe in me
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time
A time to believe
A time to believe
In my soul
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time
A time to believe
A time to believe
A time to believe
2019 Downstream narration and lyrics
Narration
I was walking in the presence of love
And with your healing hands upon me
I knew it was time to reconsider
Time to believe
Lyrics
Lord, laying your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time to believe
Narration
And so through love
I tore it all down
Broke it all up
and started to build it back up again
Knowing that the tougher it got
And the more that I sweat
I Was one step closer to home
Lyrics – Time 1981-2021 version
It’s time
Time to reconsider
Time to search my soul
My life in these few pages
Time to rewrite the book of my manhood
Water flows beneath the bridge
And my mind
Is burning fire emotion
I push everyone to the edge
I’ve only found destruction
How long can I go on
I’ve been losing
Hurting for someone to hold
Someone to believe
Someone to release
Someone to believe in me
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time to believe
I’ve searched
A thousand eyes to find love
I know I’ve been a fool
To think that I could find you
I know that I’ve been losing my mind
I found heartache
Hurting for someone to hold
Someone to believe
Someone to release
Someone to believe in me
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time to believe
Here I stand
I stand before you naked
There’s no more to be seen
Those dreams I could never capture
I’ve finally let them go
I’ve been losing
Hurting for someone to hold
Someone to believe
Someone to release
Someone to believe in me
Oh lay your healing hands upon me
Lay your hands on my soul
It’s time to believe
Audio & Visual Sources
2nd January 2021 : Time To Believe – Recording and video premiere of Time 1981-2021 version – Video link
Time to Believe was recorded and mixed by Mark Warden at Sain Studios, Wales Video shot and directed by Andy Labrow
(Page updated 18/06/2021)