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No Time (The Guess Who song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = No Time
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| artist = The Guess Who
| album = Canned Wheat
| released = September 1969
| recorded = 1969 at RCA Studio A, New York, New York
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| length = 5:37
| label = Nimbus 9, RCA Records
| writer = Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings
| producer = Jack Richardson
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"'No Time'" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Composed by guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings.
There are two versions of the song. The original recording was done for The Guess Who's album 'Canned Wheat'. But it is the re-recording (as featured on the 'American Woman' album) that was released as a single in 1969 and is the better-known version. This one is slightly faster in tempo and has the two verses transposed, but the extended Bachman guitar solo was cut. The single peaked at No. 5 in the U.S.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=No+Time+by+The+Guess+Who&id=43101 The Guess Who, "No Time" U.S. Chart Position] Retrieved March 7, 2015 and was the third in a string of million-selling singles that all hit No. 1 in Canada for The Guess Who.[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3753&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7 The Guess Who, "No Time" Canadian Chart Position] Retrieved March 7, 2015 It also made the Top 20 in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Background
The song is basically a reverse Dear John letter stating, "No time left for you". Of the song, Randy Bachman said, That was our country-rock song... Me and Burton trying to be like Neil and Stephen Stills."
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Popular culture
*This song was used in the movie 'Pirates of Silicon Valley'.
References
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