This article is about the single. For other uses, see By the Time I Get to Phoenix (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with By the Time I Get to Arizona.
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
Single by Glen Campbell
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
Studio
Capitol, Hollywood
Genre
Country pop[1]
Length
2:42
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Jimmy Webb
Producer(s)
Al De Lory
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"Gentle on My Mind" (1967)
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (1967)
"Hey Little One" (1968)
Official Audio
"By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (Remastered 2001) on YouTube
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was reinterpreted 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.[2] Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) named it the third most performed song from 1940 to 1990.[3] The song was ranked number 20 on BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century.[4] Frank Sinatra called it "the greatest torch song ever written."[5] It was No. 450 on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 Songs of All Time.[6]
^Breihan, Tom (August 6, 2019). "The Number Ones: Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 26, 2023. ...a series of lush, considered, heartsick country-pop singles that Campbell recorded with his Wrecking Crew comrades: 1967's "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"...
^"Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
^"BMI list of Most Popular Songs from 1940–1990". Broadcast Music, Inc. September 2, 1990. Archived from the original on April 2, 2003.
^"BMI Announces Top 100 Songs of the Century". Broadcast Music, Inc. December 13, 1999.
^Takiff, Jonathan (January 17, 1992). "The Man Behind The Hits". Philadelphia Daily News.
^"Rolling Stone - 500 Greatest Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins)". cs.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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