Till I Can't Take It Anymore

"Till I Can't Take It Anymore" is a song written by Clyde Otis and Ulysses Burton. It was first recorded by Ben E King in 1968. The song was featured in The Soul Clan self-titled album "The Soul Clan". Unfortunately the song charted at 134 in the U.S billboard charts making it an unsuccessful record . Dottie West and Don Gibson version charted at 46 on the Hot Country Songs in 1970.^[1] Since then, it has also charted as a single by Andra Willis, whose version went to number 85 on the same chart in 1973.^[2] Pal Rakes's version went to number 31 in 1977.^[3]

The highest-charting rendition of the song was by Billy Joe Royal, released in September 1989 from the album Tell It Like It Is. His version of the song peaked at number two on the country charts in early 1990, making for his second single to reach that position.^[4]

In 2004, The Beautiful South included a faster tempo version of the song on their covers album, Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs. Other artists who have also previously recorded this song include Clarence Carter, Ray Charles, Jimmy James, Tom Jones, Charlie Rich, and Don Williams.

Chart performance

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[7]	76
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	43

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 455. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Whitburn, p. 469
↑ Whitburn, p. 338
↑ Whitburn, p. 364
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6680." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 27, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "Billy Joe Royal – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Billy Joe Royal.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

Billy Joe Royal

Studio albums	Billy Joe Royal Down in the Boondocks Billy Joe Royal featuring Hush Cherry Hill Park Billy Joe Royal Looking Ahead The Royal Treatment Tell It Like It Is Out of the Shadows

Other albums	Greatest Hits The Very Best Of Billy Joe Royal - The Columbia Years (1965-1972)

Singles	"Down in the Boondocks" "I Knew You When" "I've Got to Be Somebody" "It's a Good Time" "Heart's Desire" "Campfire Girls" "Yo-Yo" "These Are Not My People" "The Greatest Love" "Hush" "Storybook Children" "Cherry Hill Park" "Every Night" "Tulsa" "Poor Little Pearl" "Under the Boardwalk" "Burned Like a Rocket" "Boardwalk Angel" "I Miss You Already" "Old Bridges Burn Slow" "Members Only" (with Donna Fargo) "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" "Out of Sight and on My Mind" "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'" "Tell It Like It Is" "Love Has No Right" "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue" "A Ring Where a Ring Used to Be" "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" "I'm Okay (And Gettin' Better)" "Hard Rock to Roll"

B-Sides	"Oh, What a Night" "Steal Away" (A-Side) "You Make Me Feel Like A Man" "Don't Wait Up For Me Mama" (A-Side) "Deep Inside Me" "Should I Come Back" "We Tried" "Bed Of Roses" "Watching From The Bandstand" "Just Between Me And You" "Helping Hand" (A-Side) "The Lady Lives To Love" "Lonely Loving You" "Boardwalk Angel" "Another Endless Night" (A-Side) "A Place For The Heartache" "I Was Losing You" "Cross My Heart And Hope To Cry" (A-Side) "How Could You Leave Me"

Cover Songs	"Amanda" "Bring It On Home to Me" "Child of Mine" "Crying" "Funny How Time Slips Away" "I'm Sorry" "Kiss and Say Goodbye" "Making Believe" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Solitary Man" "Spanish Harlem" "Stand by Me" "To Love Somebody"

Related articles	Discography Atlantic Records

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