Awards and Recognition
- King's version of "It's Too Late" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts‒on the Hot 100 as a double A-side with "I Feel the Earth Move".
- King's version of "It's Too Late" was certified Gold by the RIAA.
- "It's Too Late" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1972.
- "It's Too Late" is ranked number 469 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
- Together with its other A-side, it was named by the RIAA as number 213 of 365 Songs of the Century.
- Singer/songwriter Josh Rouse paid homage to it on his song 1972 presented on the album of the same name released in 2003.
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