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“No Time” by Guess Who
From the album Canned Wheat (1969)
“No Time” by Guess Who appears on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1997 and 2024. It was first released in 1969 on the album Canned Wheat. Its best result is #239 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,143 classic rock song of all time.
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"No Time" was written by the Guess Who's guitarist Randy Bachman and singer Burton Cummings, and the Canadian band first put it on tape for Canned Wheat in 1969, with Jack Richardson producing. That's the original cut, the one where Bachman's guitar solo gets room to stretch out and roam.
The version most people know came next. The Guess Who re-recorded it for the American Woman album, nudged the tempo up, swapped the two verses around and chopped the long solo, and that leaner take became the single. It hit No. 5 in the U.S., made the Top 20 in New Zealand and went to No. 1 at home, the third in a run of million-selling Guess Who singles that each topped the Canadian chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 345 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) | 499 |
| 2002 | 354 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2002 | 251 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 239 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2011 | 370 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 373 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2013 | 493 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) | 500 |
| 2014 | 792 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2020 | 919 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 794 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 627 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2023 | 1026 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2024 | 821 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
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