Do I have to keep turning off iMessage to send SMS to a non-iPhone?

I constantly have iMessage enabled on my iPhone 4. Most of the messages I send are received by my recipients, but there are a select few that don't. I've noticed the ones that haven't been received say "iMessage Delivered," and I know the recipient isn't using an iPhone. Does this mean I have to keep disabling iMessage in order to send those select few a SMS?
Thanks for any input.

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