"As the Years Go By" is the first single by rock fusion band Mashmakhan from their self-titled debut album.
The song spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 31 on November 21 and 28, 1970.
[5] "As the Years Go By" was released as the debut single of Mashmakhan's upcoming self-titled album.
[8][9] On April 24, 2001, "As the Years Go By" was also released on the Rock Treasures compilation by the Sony Music Entertainment.
[11] The song was covered by the Florida-based salsa/funk band Coke on the 1972 self-titled debut, for which the lyrics and title were translated into Spanish: "Que Seria de Mi".
Allmusic critic Lindsay Planer stated that "As the Years Go By" not only became their biggest hit but it also became "a million-seller in (of all places) Japan" and that the lyrics "are undeniably puerile," and texturally the "connotations of the word 'love' remain eternal.