Glen Campbell – By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Campbell's version topped RPM's Canada Country Tracks, reached number two on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, and won two awards at the 10th Annual Grammys.

Cover LP Glen Campbell Capitol 1967
Cover LP Glen Campbell Capitol 1967

«By the Time I Get to Phoenix» is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was covered by American country music singer Glen Campbell on his album of the same name. Released on Capitol Records in 1967, Campbell’s version topped RPM’s Canada Country Tracks, reached number two on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart, and won two awards at the 10th Annual Grammys. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) named it the third most performed song from 1940 to 1990. The song was ranked number 20 on BMI’s Top 100 Songs of the Century. Frank Sinatra called it «the greatest torch song ever written.»



From the album By the Time I Get to Phoenix
B-side «You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart»
Released October 23, 1967
Recorded August 29, 1967
Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Pop, country
Length 2:42
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Webb
Producer(s) Al De Lory




Glen Campbell – By The Time I Get To Phoenix Lyrics

By the time I get to Phoenix
She’ll be rising
She’ll find the note I left hanging on her door
She’ll laugh, when she reads the part that says I’m leaving
Cause I’ve left that girl, so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque
She’ll be working
She’ll probably stop at lunch,
And give me a call
But she’ll just hear that phone keep on ringing
Off the wall, that’s all

By the time I make Oklahoma
She’ll be sleeping
She’ll turn softly and call my name out low
And she’ll cry, just to think, I’d really leave her
Though time and time I’ve tried to tell her so
She just didn’t know,
I would really go

Single Glen Campbell Capitol 1967
Single Glen Campbell Capitol 1967
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