"Until It's Time for You to Go" is a song from the 1965 album Many a Mile by American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie included a French-language reworking of the song, "T'es pas un autre", on her 1967 album Fire & Fleet & Candlelight. French translation was made by Quebecer songwriter Claude Gauthier.
| "Until It's Time for You to Go" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Buffy Sainte-Marie | |
| from the album Many a Mile | |
| B-side | "The Flower and the Apple Tree" |
| Released | 1965 |
| Label | Vanguard |
| Songwriter(s) | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| Producer(s) | Maynard Solomon |
| "Until It's Time for You to Go" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| from the album Elvis Now | ||||
| B-side | "We Can Make the Morning" | |||
| Released | January 4, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 16, 1971 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Buffy Sainte-Marie | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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The song has been recorded by many other singers.[1]
Background
editThe lyrics concern an ordinary man and woman who love each other, but cannot stay together because they come from different worlds. The singer asks their lover: "Don't ask why / Don't ask how / Don't ask forever / Love me now." According to Sainte-Marie, the song "popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me."[2]
"The Flower and the Apple Tree"
editFeatured as a B-side to the Sainte-Marie's single release of "Until It's Time for You to Go" is the rarity "The Flower and the Apple Tree", an original song that was exclusive to the single.[3]
Notable cover versions
edit- It was a UK Top 20 hit for British group The Four Pennies in 1965.[4]
- In 1970, after having released a cover in 1969, Neil Diamond went to #11 on the US Easy Listening chart and #53 on the US Hot 100.[5] Record World said that "Neil Diamond has done a beautiful job" with the song.[6] Billboard called it "one gem of a performance".[7] Cash Box called it "a splendid reading with the velvet style polished by 'Holly' and 'Caroline.'"[8]
- In 1970, on her album Chapter Two (Roberta Flack album), Roberta Flack included a cover of the song, which appears on side two as the album's sixth track. [9]
- In 1972, Elvis Presley released the song, which peaked at #40 on the US Hot 100, and #9 on the US Easy Listening chart.[10]
- In 1973, New Birth featuring future Supremes member Susaye Greene recorded a version of the song, which peaked at #21 on the US Hot Soul Singles chart.[11]
References
edit- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Until It's Time for You to Go, Buffy Sainte-Marie website.
- ^ "Buffy Sainte-Marie With Gershon Kingsley And His Chorus & Orchestra* - Until It's Time For You To Go". Discogs. 1965. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 78.
- ^ "Single Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. February 14, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. February 14, 1970. p. 80. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 14, 1970. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Chapter Two (Roberta Flack album)". Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 196.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 427.