"Déjà Vu" is a hit 1979 ballad written by Isaac Hayes with lyricist Adrienne Anderson, recorded by Dionne Warwick for her album Dionne which Barry Manilow produced. The song won Warwick a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 22nd Grammy Awards.

Background Isaac Hayes had written the tune for "Déjà Vu" in 1977 while touring with Warwick on the A Man and a Woman Tour: Warwick would recall then hearing Hayes play the tune – which he had entitled "Déjà Vu" without writing lyrics – and as she and Barry Manilow began preparing for the January 1979 recording sessions for the Dionne album, Warwick solicited a tape of "Déjà Vu" from Hayes to play for Manilow, who recruited his own regular lyricist Adrienne Anderson to write the words.

Chart performance Issued in November 1979 as the album's second single – following up Warwick's top five comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again" – "Déjà Vu" rose to number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1980. "Déjà Vu" was Warwick's fifth and last Top 40 single of her 1970s period and her second top 40 single following the release of "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in the five years since her number-one single, "Then Came You", featuring The Spinners.

Track listing and formats US 7" Vinyl single A. "Déjà Vu" – 3:40 B. "All The Time" – 4:06

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1979–80)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)69Canadian Top Singles (RPM)34Canadian Adult Contemporary (RPM)7US Cashbox Top 10011

Year-end charts Chart (1980)RankUS Billboard Hot 10084US Cashbox Top 10073

Other versions The song has also been recorded by Ethel Ennis (album Live at the Maryland Inn/ 1980), Jack Jones (album Don't Stop Now/ 1980),Pittsburgh Press 10 August 1980 "'No Night' Newest Hit For Dionne" by Lee W. Collins p.J-7 Trudy Kerr (album Déjà Vu: Songs From My Past/ 2008), and by guitarist Peter White (album Playin' Favorites/ 2006) with vocalist Kiki Ebsen.

See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)

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