| No Time | |
| Artist: | The Guess Who |
| Album: | Canned Wheat |
| Released: | September 1969 |
| Recorded: | 1969 at RCA Studio A, New York, New York |
| Length: | 3:44 (single version) |
| Label: | Nimbus 9, RCA Records |
| Producer: | Jack Richardson |
| No Time | |
| Cover: | No Time (The Guess Who song).png |
| Border: | yes |
| Caption: | Cover of the 1970 German single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Guess Who |
| Album: | American Woman |
| B-Side: | Proper Stranger |
| Released: | November 1969[1] |
| Recorded: | August 12, 1969, at the RCA Mid-America Recording Center, Studio B, Chicago, Illinois |
| Length: | 3:50 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Jack Richardson |
| Prev Title: | Laughing |
| Prev Title2: | Undun |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | American Woman |
| Next Title2: | No Sugar Tonight |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
"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. It 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.[2] and was the third in a string of million-selling singles that all hit No. 1 in Canada for The Guess Who.[3] It also made the Top 20 in New Zealand.
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."[4]
| Chart (1969–1970) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 43 | |
| Canada RPM[5] | 1 | |
| New Zealand (Listener) | 16 | |
| 5 | ||
| US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 4 |
| Chart (1970) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada[7] | 12 | |
| U.S. Billboard[8] | 70 | |
| U.S. Cash Box[9] | 21 |
