"It's Going to Take Some Time" is a song written by Carole King

Carole King

Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

 and Toni Stern for her 1971 album, Music

Music (Carole King album)

Music, official name Carole King: Music, is the third album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. It is a continuation of the style laid down in Tapestry. The album was released in December 1971 and quickly rose to the top of the charts. It features songs such as "It's Going to Take Some Time"...

. It was redone by the Carpenters in 1972 for their fourth album, A Song for You

A Song for You (Carpenters album)

A Song for You is the fourth album released by the Carpenters, released on June 13, 1972. According to Richard Carpenter, "A Song for You was intended to be a concept album with the title tune opening and closing the set and the bookended selections comprising the 'song'."In Cash Box's Top 100...

. According to Richard Carpenter, he had to choose which songs he wanted to remake, and there was a big pile of 7" singles he had to listen to. When he encountered "It's Going to Take Some Time", he knew it would be a hit, and recorded it. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

King is quoted as saying that the duo's lush, string-laden cover made her own more sparse version sound "like a demo".

The band Dishwalla

Dishwalla

Dishwalla is an American alternative rock band based out of Santa Barbara, CA. The band's name comes from a Hindi term for a person providing cable television to a neighborhood...

 covered the song on the 1994 tribute album, If I Were a Carpenter.

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	2
Record World	13
Canadian Singles Chart	13
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart	48