It's Too Late

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Written by: Toni Stern, King
Produced by: Lou Adler
Released: Nov. '70 on Ode
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

After spending the sixties in New York writing hits for the likes of the Drifters with then-husband Gerry Goffin, King split for the West Coast and began writing for herself. "I want to make LPs," she said, "I don't want to be a star." She poured her heart into "It's Too Late," a divorce ballad featuring the unlikely hook "Somethin' inside has died." "I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage," she said.

Appears on: Tapestry (Epic/Legacy)

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