Sooner or Later (The Grass Roots song)#GF4 version

{{Short description|Song by American rock band The Grass Roots}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Sooner or Later

| cover = Sooner_or_Later_-_The_Grass_Roots.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Grass Roots

| album = Their 16 Greatest Hits

| B-side = I Can Turn Off the Rain

| released = {{Start date|1971|05}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter=

Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock|page= 32|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}

| length = 2:37

| label = ABC/Dunhill

| writer = Mitchell Bottler, Edward McNamara, Adeniyi Paris, Ekundayo Paris, Gary Zekley

| producer = Steve Barri

| prev_title = Temptation Eyes

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Two Divided by Love

| next_year = 1971

}}

"Sooner or Later" is a 1971 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was released as a single and put on their third compilation album, Their 16 Greatest Hits. It reached number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their third and last top ten hit.

The single tells about a girl the narrator is in love with, but it's not mutual, because of her past experiences with love. He says that "sooner or later" she will succumb to love and give in to him.{{Cite web|last=Songfacts|title=Sooner or Later by The Grass Roots - Songfacts|url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-grass-roots/sooner-or-later|access-date=2021-03-16|website=www.songfacts.com|language=en}}{{better source|date=November 2024}}

Bassist and usual lead singer Rob Grill shared lead vocals with keyboardist Dennis Provisor. Excluding Provisor's organ,{{better source|date=November 2024}} most of the instrumental backing were made by the Wrecking Crew.