Sooner or Later (The Grass Roots song)

"Sooner or Later" is a 1971 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was released as a single and put on their third compilation album, Their 16 Greatest Hits. It reached number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their third and last top ten hit.

B-side"I Can Turn Off the Rain"

ReleasedMay 1971 (1971-05)

GenreSoft rock^[1]

Length2:37

Quick facts Single by The Grass Roots, from the album Their 16 Greatest Hits ...

"Sooner or Later"
Single by The Grass Roots
from the album Their 16 Greatest Hits
B-side	"I Can Turn Off the Rain"
Released	May 1971 (1971-05)
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	2:37
Label	ABC/Dunhill
Songwriters	Mitchell Bottler, Edward McNamara, Adeniyi Paris, Ekundayo Paris, Gary Zekley
Producer	Steve Barri
The Grass Roots singles chronology
"Temptation Eyes" (1970) "Sooner or Later" (1971) "Two Divided by Love" (1971)

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The single tells about a girl the narrator is in love with, but it's not mutual, because of her past experiences with love. He says that "sooner or later" she will succumb to love and give in to him.^{[2][better source needed]}

Bassist and usual lead singer Rob Grill shared lead vocals with keyboardist Dennis Provisor. Excluding Provisor's organ,^{[2][better source needed]} most of the instrumental backing were made by the Wrecking Crew.^{[citation needed]}

The first two lines of the chorus of Johnny Lee's 1980 hit Country song Lookin' For Love is almost an exact word-for-word match of the first two lines of the bridge of this song.