Got the Time

Joe Jackson wrote it in 1977 and released it as the closing track of his 1979 debut album, Look Sharp! Anthrax recorded it for Persistence of Time in 1990 and released it as a single. In the June 1991 issue of Q Jackson said: "I think it sounds kind of clumsy compared to the way we did it on the Live album." He added, "The way I feel about it is, Thanks for the royalties, guys." In another interview he said, "I could never quite understand why they were called a 'speed metal' band because we played the song about twice as fast as they did."

Steve Huey of AllMusic called it the standout track on Persistence of Time. In 2021 the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani recorded a cover of the Anthrax version.