A TIME FOR US
RAY CONNIFF
SONGWRITER: NINO ROTA & HENRY MANCINI
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: THE ESSENTIAL RAY CONNIFF
LABEL: SONY
STAMP: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
GENRE: ROMANTIC SONG
YEAR: 2004
"Love Theme from Romeo
and Juliet", also known as "A Time for Us", is an instrumental arranged
by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota's music written for Franco Zeffirelli's film
of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). It was a number-one pop hit in
the United States during the year 1969. It topped
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for
two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.
Rearranged by Mancini, the
song started competing with rock and roll songs from The Beatles and the Rolling
Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from
some radio stations for being too soft. Those
stations had to change their mind when the song became number one, ending the
five-week run of Get Back by the Beatles as the top song.
This release also topped
the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole
number one on the chart.
A time for us some day there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied and flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide
A time for us at last to see
A life worthwhile for you and me
And with our love through tears and thorns
We will endure as we pass surely through every storm
A time for us someday there'll be
A new world, a world of shining hope for you and me
A time for us some day there'll be
A new world, a world of shining hope for you and me.