Carole King hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “It’s Too Late” on June 19, 1971. The track was released as part of King’s album “Tapestry” and also as a single with the double A-side “I Feel the Earth Move.”When the track hit number one, it claimed the top spot from "Want Ads" by the Honey Cone. King held on at the top of the chart for five weeks before "Indian Reservation" by the Raiders claimed the top spot. King penned the track with painter and writer Toni Stern, who later explained that the differences in their background made them a successful team:"I'm sure there was a California quality in me that appealed to Carole. She was moving from a familial, middle class lifestyle to Laurel Canyon, where she started to let her hair down, literally and figuratively. We worked off our contrasts."