<P> "It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks . The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard rhythm & blues chart in 1959 and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 pop chart, the first in a string of hits for Benton that ran through 1970 . </P> <P> The song later found a second life as a country song, with major hit recordings by three different country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s, two of which hit number one . </P>

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