Until It's Time for You to Go
| "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 |
"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.
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.
