Until It's Time for You to Go
"Until It's Time for You to Go" is a song from the 1965 album Many a Mile by Canadian First Nations 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" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Buffy Sainte-Marie | |
| from the album Many a Mile | |
| Released | 1965 |
| Songwriter(s) | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
Background
The lyrics concern an ordinary man and woman who love each other, but cannot stay together because they come from different worlds. The singer asks her (or his) 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."[1]
Notable Cover Versions
- It was a UK Top 20 hit for British group The Four Pennies in 1965.[2]
- In 1969, Barbra Streisand recorded it for her studio album What About Today? where it went #31 on the Billboard Albums chart.
- In 1970, Neil Diamond went to #11 on the US Easy Listening chart and #53 on the US Hot 100. [3]
- In 1972, Elvis Presley recorded the song which peaked at #40 on the US Hot 100, and #9 on the US Easy Listening chart. [4]
- 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.[5]
References
- Until It's Time for You to Go, Buffy Sainte-Marie website.
- 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.
- 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.
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