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<h1>Until It's Time for You to Go</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Elvis_Until_Its_Time_For_You_To_Go_PS.jpg" alt="Elvis Until Its Time For You To Go PS.jpg"></p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Until It's Time for You to Go</strong>" is a song from the 1965 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many_a_Mile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Many a Mile</em></a> by Canadian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Nations</a> singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Sainte-Marie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Buffy Sainte-Marie</a>. Sainte-Marie included a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">French language</a> reworking of the song, "T'es pas un autre", on her 1967 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_%26_Fleet_%26_Candlelight" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fire &amp; Fleet &amp; Candlelight</em></a>. French translation was made by Quebecer songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Gauthier_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claude Gauthier</a>.</p><h2>The song has been recorded by many other singers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a></h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Background</h2><p>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, when sung by a man, 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."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p><h2>"The Flower and the Apple Tree"</h2><p>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.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[3]</sup></a></p><h2>Notable cover versions</h2><ul><li>It was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Top 20</a> hit for British group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Pennies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Four Pennies</a> in 1965.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[4]</sup></a></li><li>In 1970, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Diamond" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Neil Diamond</a> went to #11 on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Easy Listening</a> chart and #53 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US Hot 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[5]</sup></a></li><li>In 1972, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elvis Presley</a> recorded the song which peaked at #40 on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot 100</a>, and #9 on the US Easy Listening chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[6]</sup></a></li><li>In 1973, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Birth_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Birth</a> featuring future <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Supremes</a> member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susaye_Greene" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Susaye Greene</a> recorded a version of the song, which peaked at #21 on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Soul Singles</a> chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_It%27s_Time_for_You_to_Go#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[7]</sup></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>