What is "only time will tell"

phr. (context idiomatic English) (alternative form of time will tell English)

Only Time Will Tell may refer to:

• Only Time Will Tell (Sandeé album), 1991
• Only Time Will Tell (Ian Gomm and Jeb Loy Nichols album), 2010
• "Only Time Will Tell" (song), a 1982 song by Asia
• "Only Time Will Tell", a song by John Cale from Sabotage/Live
• "Only Time Will Tell", a song by Ill Bill from The Hour of Reprisal
• "Only Time Will Tell", a song by Jimmy Buffett from Banana Wind
• "Only Time Will Tell", a song by Mike Oldfield from The Songs of Distant Earth
• "Only Time Will Tell", a song by Nelson
• "Only Time Will Tell", a song by Saga from Wildest Dreams
• " Only Time Will Tell (novel), a 2011 novel by Jeffrey Archer

"Only Time Will Tell" is the third single (second in US) released by the progressive rock band Asia from their successful first album, Asia (1982).

The song was the band's second top 10 success on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, also reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It peaked at #54 in the UK.

The song was used in the television series Cold Case third season episode "The River", the series Family Guy eighth season episode, " The Splendid Source" and in the 2015 videogame Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Only Time Will Tell is the name of the debut studio album by the Latin freestyle singer Sandeé. It was released in 1991, by RAL Records/ Fever Records.

Only Time Will Tell is a collaborative record by Ian Gomm and Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2010 on the Relaxa Records International record label.

Only Time Will Tell is a first part of the seven in Clifton Chronicles by Jeffrey Archer. The book was published worldwide in 2011. It was launched by Jeffrey Archer himself in Bangalore, India in March 2011, as the beginning of a global book tour.