"Time Is Money (Bastard)" is a song by American experimental rock band Swans.

[1] Trouser Press described "Time Is Money (Bastard)" as a "great single",[2] and Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "an underground industrial/dance hit" and noted its aggressively explicit lyrics.

[1] John Leland at Spin said, "Swans make brutal, headbanging noise with no concessions to listenability and wail monochromatic homilies for a living descent into hell.

Their music can be cathartic—like a sledgehammer to your solar plexus—or it can sound like someone's been hitting the French lit a little too hard.

"[3] All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Swans