As the Years Go By

"As the Years Go By"
"Days When We Are Free / As the Years Go By" cover
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
StudioColumbia B Studios
GenreRock fusion
Length3:03
LabelColumbia (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
Cover as used in Japan:
"Kiri no Naka no Futari" (霧の中の二人, lit. "Two in the Fog")
Spanish cover
Cover as used in Spain:
Según pasan los años

"As the Years Go By" is the first single by rock fusion band Mashmakhan from their self-titled debut album. The single was recorded in Columbia B Studios and was released as the first single to Mashmakhan's self-titled debut album. The other single "Days When We Are Free" was used as the A-side to the 45rpm. "As the Years Go By" was also fit into several compilation albums of '70s songs.

The single, which sold over one million copies worldwide and received a gold disc, was very well received by the public and the critics, despite its eerie minor key tune.[1] Allmusic critic Lindsay Planer also praised the single's sales and its lyrics.

The song spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 31 on November 21 and 28, 1970.[2][3] It reached as high as number 75 in Australia.[4]

The single was released as "Kiri no Naka no Futari" (霧の中の二人, lit. "Two in the Fog") in Japan.

  1. ^ Dick Biondi noted the tune's eeriness on his 09 October 1970 show on WCFL.
  2. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of November 28, 1970 – Billboard.com. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of December 19, 1970 – Billboard.com. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 194. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.