{{Infobox song | name = Timeless Love | cover = File:Timeless Love Single by Ed Ames.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Ed Ames | album = When the Snow Is on the Roses | B-side = Two for the Road | released = July 1967 | recorded = | studio = RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop<ref name="Billboard Review Single" />|easy listening<ref name="Cashbox Review" />}} | length = 2:18 | label = RCA Victor Records | writer = Buffy Sainte-Marie | producer = Jim Foglesong | prev_title = Time, Time | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = When the Snow Is on the Roses | next_year = 1967 }}
"'''Timeless Love'''" is a 1967 song written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. It was most notably performed by American singer and actor Ed Ames, whose version was released as a single by RCA Victor Records. The single nearly topped the US adult-oriented charts and scraped the pop charts as well.
== Background and release == [[File:Timeless Love by Ed Ames RCA trade ad.png|thumb|left|Trade ad made by RCA Records for the single.|275x275px]] American singer Ed Ames achieved major success in early 1967 with two easy listening chart toppers "My Cup Runneth Over" and "Time, Time".<ref name="EasyListening" /> His subsequent release was a love ballad written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose own album was on the charts during this time.<ref name="Cashbox Review">{{Cite magazine |last= Albert |first= George |date=July 8, 1969 |title=Record Reviews: ''Picks of the Week'' |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1967/CB-1967-07-08-OCR-Page-0016.pdf#search=%22ed%20ames%20timeless%22 |magazine=Cashbox |issue=40 |volume=XXX |page=16 |access-date=May 21, 2026 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> The flip, "Two for the Road", was from the 20th Century-Fox Film ''Two for the Road''.<ref name="Liner Notes" /> The single was produced by Jim Foglesong, and arranged by Perry Botkin, Jr. on the A-side, and by Mort Garson on the B-side.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Ed |title="Timeless Love"/"Two for the Road" (7" single Information) |journal=RCA Victor |date=July 1967 |id=47-9255}}</ref> Both songs were included on his later ''When the Snow Is on the Roses'' album, with critics highlighting them.<ref name="Cashbox ReviewLP">{{Cite magazine |last= Albert |first= George |date=December 12, 1967 |title=Album Reviews: Pop Picks |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1967/CB-1967-12-09-OCR-Page-0042.pdf#search=%22when%20the%20snow%20is%20on%20the%20roses%20ed%20ames%22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260508180722/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1967/CB-1967-12-09-OCR-Page-0042.pdf#search=%22when%20the%20snow%20is%20on%20the%20roses%20ed%20ames%22 |archive-date=May 8, 2026|magazine=Cashbox |issue=20 |volume=XXIX |page=42 |access-date=April 30, 2026 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Billboard'' | rev1Score = ''Positive'' (Spotlight)<ref name="Billboard Review Single" /> | rev2 = ''Cashbox'' | rev2Score = ''Positive'' (Pick of the Week)<ref name="Cashbox Review" /> }}
The single received a positive critical reception upon its release. ''Cashbox'' believed that the song "might easily prove a chart topper for Ed Ames. The side is a rich, gentle ode to Love that should generate plenty of consumer reaction." The publication noted "On the other side, 'Two For the Road' offers soft, lush, romantic sounds."<ref name="Cashbox Review" /> ''Billboard'' magazine stated that "Penned by folksier Buffy Sainte-Marie and sung in the best Ames style, this sensitive ballad builds into a big production that should prove to be Ames' third hit in a row."<ref name="Billboard Review Single">{{cite magazine | date= July 8, 1969 | title= Pop Spotlight: Singles predicted to reach the top 60 of the Hot 100 | url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-07-08.pdf | magazine= Billboard | page= 18 | volume= 79 | issue= 29 | access-date= May 21, 2026}}</ref>
== Chart performance == "Timeless Love" successfully reached the US charts. It debuted on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening chart in the issue dated August 5, 1967, reaching number 2 during a ten-week run on it.<ref name="EasyListening">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnpres0000whit/page/10/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006 |date=2007 |publisher=Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research Inc. |isbn=978-0-89820-169-7 |pages=10 |url-access=registration |access-date=May 21, 2026}}</ref> On the ''Record World'' Top-Non Rock chart the single peaked at number 3.<ref name="Record World Chart">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-09-23.pdf |title=Record World Singles Chart: Top Non-Rock |magazine=Record World |volume=22 |issue=1059 |page=15 |date=September 23, 1967 |access-date=May 21, 2026 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> The single reached a lower number 109 on the ''Cashbox'' Top 100 Singles,<ref name="CashboxCharts2">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/6/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=6 |url-access=registration |access-date=May 21, 2026}}</ref> and number 101 on the ''Record World'' 100 Tops pop charts.<ref name="Record World Chart Pop">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-07-22.pdf |title=Record World Singles Chart: Up-Coming Singles (of 100 Top Pops) |magazine=Record World |volume=22 |issue=1050 |page=160 |date=July 22, 1967 |access-date=May 21, 2026 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref>
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for "Timeless Love" by Ed Ames ! Chart (1967) ! Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row" | US ''Billboard'' Easy Listening<ref name="EasyListening" /> | 2 |- ! scope="row" | US ''Record World'' Top-Non Rock<ref name="Record World Chart" /> | 3 |- ! scope="row" | US ''Record World'' 100 Top Pops<ref name="Record World Chart Pop" /> | 101 |- ! scope="row" | US ''Cashbox'' Top 100 Singles<ref name="CashboxCharts2" /> | 109 |- |}
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Category:1967 songs Category:1967 singles Category:RCA Victor singles Category:Ed Ames songs