[14] The idea of reviving the song came to McGuinn during the Byrds' July 1965 tour of the American Midwest, when his future wife, Dolores, requested the tune on the Byrds' tour bus. The single entered the U.S. chart at number 80 on October 23, 1965, before reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 4, 1965.

[26] It was also used in a Wonder Years parody, during The Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book". A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Show. The lines are open to myriad interpretations, but Seeger's song presents them as a plea for world peace because of the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late." [27] In 2003, it was used in the closing sequence of the Cold Case episode "A Time to Hate" (Season One, episode 7) and for the closing credits of episode 3 of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's 2017 documentary The Vietnam War.[28]. Turn!" [8][9] Australian folk singer Gary Shearston also recorded a version of the song for his 1964 album Songs of Our Time, with the title "Turn! [citation needed]. Turn! Turn! Turn!"

The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines – consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes. This line and the title phrase "Turn! Please subscribe to me to see more. (To Everything There Is a Season)", is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and first recorded in 1959.

Turn! "[16] The master recording of the song reportedly took the Byrds 78 takes, spread over five days of recording, to complete. Turn! Turn! The song was originally released in 1962 as "To Everything There Is a Season" on folk group the Limeliters' album Folk Matinee, and then some months later on Seeger's own The Bitter and the Sweet.[1]. Turn! [1] The single also solidified folk rock as a chart trend and, like the band's previous hits, continued the Byrds' successful mix of vocal harmony and jangly twelve-string Rickenbacker guitar playing. Turn!"

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; [12][13] The B-side of the single was band member Gene Clark's original composition, "She Don't Care About Time". [1] Collins' recording of the song was retitled as "Turn! Since Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to King Solomon in the 10th century BC, the Byrds' 1965 recording of the song holds the distinction in the U.S. of being the number 1 hit with the oldest lyrics.

A Slick song from the successful 8701 album, U-Turn timeline of Ushers hit Singles in a nice animated fashion. The song has been covered by many other artists: This article is about the song. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; [Part 1] : UNT Digital Library, "The Wonder Years: Music From Each Episode", "Mmm...Television: A study of the audience of The Simpsons", "Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross detail their score to Ken Burns' new Vietnam War documentary", "Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days / Turn Turn Turn", Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 King James Version, Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big), If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle, God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You, The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II, The Original Singles: 1967–1969, Volume 2, 20 Essential Tracks from the Byrds Box Set (1965-1990), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turn!_Turn!_Turn!&oldid=980593560, Song recordings produced by Terry Melcher, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 10:33. I couldn't do it as it was traditionally. The song was published in illustrated book form by Simon & Schuster in September 2003, with an accompanying CD which contained both Seeger's and the Byrds' recordings of the song.

Dietrich was backed by a Burt Bacharach conducted studio orchestra, and the song was released as a single. [1][6] The Limeliters' version predated the release of Seeger's own version by several months. Turn!" Wendy Anderson Halperin created a set of detailed illustrations for each set of opposites which are reminiscent of mandalas.

"Turn! [10], "Turn! was adapted by the Byrds in a folk rock arrangement and released as a single by Columbia Records on October 1, 1965. Turn! [7], In 1963 Marlene Dietrich recorded "Für alles kommt die Zeit (Glaub', Glaub)", Max Colpet's German translation of the song. [1] Pete Seeger expressed his approval of the Byrds' rendering of the song. [21] The song was also performed live by a reformed line-up of the Byrds featuring Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman in January 1989. (To Everything There Is a Season)", is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and first recorded in 1959.

For the Byrds album, see, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, The Original Singles: 1965–1967, Volume 1, 20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set: 1965-1990, "About the Book of Ecclesiastes – its author, date and purpose", "Pete Seeger's role in ending Israeli house demolitions", "Communist Party USA Gives Its History to N.Y.U. are the only parts of the lyric written by Seeger himself.

Turn!" The song became an international hit in late 1965 when it was adapted by the American folk rock group the Byrds. ", "Release, Für alles kommt die Zeit (Glaub', glaub')", "45.com Record Details, Für alles kommt die Zeit (Glaub', glaub')", Show 33 – Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. Turn! [24][25] Following Joe Cocker's cover of "With a Little Help from My Friends", the song was the first to be played in the initial episode of the television series The Wonder Years. Turn! [11] The song was also included on the band's second album, Turn!

", or "Turn! "[4][nb 1] Seeger's handwritten lyrics to the song were among documents donated to New York University by the Communist Party USA in March 2007. Turn!

[19], During 1965 and 1966, the band performed the song on the television programs Hollywood A Go-Go, Shindig!, The Ed Sullivan Show, and Where the Action Is, as well as in the concert film, The Big T.N.T. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (To Everything There Is a Season)".

[15][16] The rendering that McGuinn dutifully played came out sounding not like a folk song but more like a rock/folk hybrid, perfectly in keeping with the Byrds' status as pioneers of the folk rock genre. A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Natalie Imbruglia Lyrics "Torn" I thought I saw a man brought to life He was warm, he came around like he was dignified He showed me what it was to cry Well, you couldn't be that man I adored You don't seem to know Seem to care what your heart is for But I don't know him anymore [1], The recording has been featured in numerous movies and TV shows, including 1983's Heart Like a Wheel, 1994's Forrest Gump,[23] and 2002's In America.

One of the Limeliters' backing musicians at this time was Jim McGuinn (aka Roger McGuinn), who would later record the song with his band the Byrds and, prior to that, arrange the song for folk singer Judy Collins on her 1963 album, Judy Collins 3. A time to gain that which is to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; [1], In 1999, Seeger arranged for 45% of the songwriting royalties for "Turn! [5], The song is notable for being one of a few instances in popular music in which a large portion of the Bible is set to music, other examples being the Melodians' (and Boney M's) "Rivers of Babylon", Sister Janet Mead's "The Lord's Prayer", U2's "40", Sinead O'Connor's "Psalm 33" and Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer". The song was first released by the folk group the Limeliters on their 1962 album Folk Matinee, under the title "To Everything There Is a Season". The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the book of Ecclesiastes, as found in the King James Version (1611) of the Bible,[2] (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) though the sequence of the words was rearranged for the song.

[4] He kept 50% of the royalties for his own music and took a further 5% for the lyrics because, in Seeger's own words, "[in addition to the music] I did write six words and one more word repeated three times. Turn! The Biblical text posits there being a time and place for all things: birth and death, laughter and sorrow, healing and killing, war and peace, and so on. Turn! ", or "Turn!

The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines – consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes. [20] Additionally, the song would go on to become a staple of the Byrds' live concert repertoire, until their final disbandment in 1973.

"Torn" lyrics.

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Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", a title that would be retained by the Byrds, though it was shortened to "Turn! on the front cover of the album of the same name and the song became generally known by the shorter version, appearing as such on most later Byrds compilations.

[16] McGuinn explained, "It was a standard folk song by that time, but I played it and it came out rock 'n' roll because that's what I was programmed to do like a computer.

Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to King Solomon who would have written it in the 10th century BC, but believed by a significant group of biblical scholars to date much later, up to the third century BC.[3]. A time of love, and a time of hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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to be donated to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Turn! The book also includes the Ecclesiastes text from the King James version of the Bible. Turn! To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything - turn, turn, turn There is a season - turn, turn, turn And a time to every purpose under heaven