"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" | |
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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
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 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"
Featured 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
- It was a UK Top 20 hit for British group The Four Pennies in 1965.[4]
- In 1970, 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 1972, Elvis Presley released the song, which peaked at #40 on the US Hot 100, and #9 on the US Easy Listening chart.[9]
- 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.[10]