Turn! Turn! Turn! (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Those Were The Days / Turn! Turn! Turn! 7" Single.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1968

Turkey In The Straw

Turned Out

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Recording "Those Were the Days"

Late July 1968

Other songs by Mary Hopkin

Goodbye

Officially appears on Goodbye / Sparrow

Those Were The Days

Officially appears on Those Were The Days / Turn! Turn! Turn!

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

Officially appears on Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) / Fields Of St Etienne

Fields Of St. Etienne

Officially appears on Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) / Fields Of St Etienne

Sparrow

Officially appears on Goodbye / Sparrow

Quelli Erano Giorni

Officially appears on Quelli Erano Giorni (Those Were The Days) / Turn! Turn! Turn!

Que Tiempo Tan Feliz

Officially appears on Que Tiempo Tan Feliz (Those Were The Days) / Turn! Turn! Turn!

An Jenem Tag

Officially appears on An Jenem Tag (Those Were The Days) / Turn! Turn! Turn!

Le Temps Des Fleurs

Officially appears on Le Temps Des Fleurs (Those Were The Days) / Turn! Turn! Turn!

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Song facts

From Wikipedia:

“Turn! Turn! Turn!”, or “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),” is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and first recorded in 1959. The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines – consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes. The song was originally released in 1962 as “To Everything There Is a Season” on folk group the Limeliters’ album Folk Matinee, and then some months later on Seeger’s own The Bitter and the Sweet.
The song became an international hit in late 1965 when it was adapted by the American folk rock group the Byrds. The single entered the U.S. chart at number 80 on October 23, 1965, before reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 4, 1965. In Canada, it reached number 3 on November 29, 1965, and also peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart. […]

Mary Hopkin won the television talent show “Opportunity Knocks” in 1968 singing her cover of the song. She recorded it as the B-side to her debut single “Those Were the Days”, with Paul McCartney as producer.

Last updated on September 26, 2021

Lyrics

To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
Turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under Heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
And a time to every purpose under Heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
There is a time you may embrace
There is a time to refrain from embracing

To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
And a time to every purpose under Heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late

To everything
Turn, turn, turn
There is a season
Turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under Heaven
And a time to every purpose under Heaven