Songfacts®:

• "Time Baby III" is generally referred to as a love song because of its "they don't have to take away" chorus, but the other lyrics hardly lend themselves to such a simple explanation. "Walls are breathing hands are reaching up to touch my thigh" and "hands are breathing ones are reaching up 'cause that's the time we rise" are hardly obvious declarations of love or affection, at least to the sober among us. It's an entrancing, ethereal song with suitably mysterious lyrics.
• "Time Baby III" is best remembered for its inclusion in The Crow, one of the hit films of 1994. Not only was the song included on the soundtrack (which was an even bigger hit), but Medicine appeared in the movie, performing "Time Baby III" in Top Dollar's night club as T-Bird and his thugs enter. The version of the song in the movie isn't the same as the one on the soundtrack, however. Really, it's "Time Baby II," the earlier, more distorted and heavier rendition of the tune. The version that appears on the soundtrack is a bit cleaner and trippier, and it features Elizabeth Fraser of The Cocteau Twins on backing vocals. The effect of Fraser's voice is subtle but comes to the fore starting at about the 2:41 mark, with "no, no, no."
• The vocalist seen in the film is Beth Thompson, sometimes mistaken as Annette Zilinskas, one of the founding members of The Bangles. The confusion comes from the band's convoluted history. Medicine formed when record-label executives told Brad Laner (drummer for Savage Republic) he'd have a contract if he could form a group that could reproduce the sound of the songs he'd been shopping around on a 4-track. Laner recruited Zilinskas to be the singer, but she bailed on the project before the band produced anything. Fourwaycross singer Beth Thompson stepped in and handled vocals for the group's first three albums. That's Thompson on stage in the movie.
• Medicine is frequently cited as a top band of the "shoegaze" genre, but that genre has never enjoyed sustainable commercial appeal (it's named for the fact that performers make ample use of effects pedals, requiring them to literally gaze towards their shoes). With little sales success, Medicine broke up in 1995, a year after "Time Baby III" was released. The band got back together in 2003 (featuring Shannon Lee, daughter of The Crow star Brandon Lee, on lead vocals) with the album The Mechanical Forces of Love.
• Medicine released "Time Baby III" as a single, but it didn't chart.