As the Years Go By

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"As the Years Go By"
As The Years Go By cover.jpg
The 45rpm vinyl cover of "Days When We Are Free / As the Years Go By".
Single by Mashmakhan
from the album Mashmakhan
A-side "Days When We Are Free"
Released1970
Recorded1970
Studio Columbia B Studios
Genre Rock fusion
Length3:03
Label Columbia (Canada)
Epic (US)
CBS (Netherlands and Spain)
CBS/Sony (Japan)
Songwriter(s) Pierre Sénécal
Producer(s) Billy Jackson
Mashmakhan singles chronology
"As the Years Go By"
(1970)
"Gladwin"
(1970)
Japanese cover
As The Years Go By Nihongo.jpg
Cover as used in Japan:
"Kiri no Naka no Futari" (霧の中の二人, lit. "Two in the Fog")
A-side
No.TitleComposersLength
1."Days When We Are Free"Rayburn Blake, Brian Edwards, Jerry Mercer, Pierre Sénécal6:11
B-side
No.TitleComposersLength
2."As the Years Go By"Pierre Sénécal3:03
Total length:9:14

Reception

At its release, the single sold 100,000 copies in Canada, 500,000 copies in the United States, and over 1,000,000 copies in Japan. [6] The single cracked the national charts in both Canada (#1 - singles (RPM 100) chart 2 weeks, CatCon chart 7 weeks) and the United States (#31). [5] "As the Years Go By" sold over one million copies globally and received a gold disc. [13] The single was generally well received by critics. Allmusic critic Lindsay Planer stated that "As the Years Go By" not only became their biggest hit but it also became "a million-seller in (of all places) Japan" and that the lyrics "are undeniably puerile," and texturally the "connotations of the word 'love' remain eternal." [9]

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