Peak
5
Weeks
14
Score
2,401
Chart Year
1970
This song about moving on and finding your true calling was written by Guess Who guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings. In our interview with Bachman, he explained that musically, the song was inspired by two tracks on the Buffalo Springfield Again album: "Rock & Roll Woman" and "Hung Upside Down." Neil Young of Buffalo Springfield (a fellow Canadian) played an acetate of the album for Cummings and Bachman when his travels took him to Winnipeg. The they heard it, they loved the country-rock sound and set out to write something like it. "That was our country-rock song," Bachman said. "Me and Burton trying to be like Neil and Stephen Stills." According to Randy Bachman, the guitar lick on this song is an inversion of what Stephen Stills played on the Buffalo Springfield track "Hung Upside Down." When Bachman heard the theme song to the TV show Law & Order (composed by Mike Post), it sounded familiar. "It's the same riff," Bachman told us. "It's just recycling the riff in a different context." Note that Bachman doesn't fault Post for lifting the riff: Randy believes that just about any modern music music is based on something that came before.
(No time left for you) On my way to better things (No time left for you) I found myself some wings (No time left for you) Distant roads are callin' me (No time left for you) Mm da, mm da, mm da, mm da, mm da No time for a summer friend No time for the love you send Seasons change and so did I You need not wonder why You need not wonder why There's no time left for you No time left for you (No time left for you) On my way to better things (No time left for you) I found myself some wings (No time left for you) Distant roads are callin' me (No time left for you) Mm day, mm gate, mm day, mm gate, mm day No time for a gentle rain No time for my watch and chain No time for revolving doors No time for the killin' floor No time for the killin' floor There's no time left for you No time left for you No time for a summer friend No time for the love you send Seasons change and so did I You need not wonder why You need not wonder why There's no time left for you No time left for you No time, no time, no time, no time (No time) no time, no time, no time, no time I got, got, got, got no time I got, got, got, got no time I got, got, got, got no time No, no, no, no, no, no, no time No, no, no, no, no, no, no time I got, got, got, got no time No, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no time I got no time, got no time Got no time, got no time Got no time Got no time Got no time
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 20, 1969 | 81 | 45 |
| 2 | Dec 27, 1969 | 70 | 56 |
| 3 | Jan 3, 1970 | 53 | 73 |
| 4 | Jan 10, 1970 | 47 | 79 |
| 5 | Jan 17, 1970 | 39 | 87 |
| 6 | Jan 24, 1970 | 29 | 97 |
| 7 | Jan 31, 1970 | 17 | 109 |
| 8 | Feb 7, 1970 | 9 | 117 |
| 9 | Feb 14, 1970 | 6 | 120 |
| 10 | Feb 21, 1970 | 6 | 120 |
| 11 | Feb 28, 1970 | 5 | 121 |
| 12 | Mar 7, 1970 | 12 | 114 |
| 13 | Mar 14, 1970 | 16 | 110 |
| 14 | Mar 21, 1970 | 29 | 97 |