"It's Just a Matter of Time" is a Pop song written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, and Belford Hendricks. The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart in 1959 and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 pop chart, the first in a string of hits for Benton that ran through 1970.[1]
The song found a second life as a country song, with major hit recordings by three country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s, two of which hit No. 1.[2]: 35