This is a list of songs written by Burt Bacharach. __TOC__

Chart hits and other notable songs written by Burt Bacharach YearSongSongs written by Burt Bacharach, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014Original artistCo-writer(s) with BacharachU.S. PopUK Singles ChartOther charting versions, and notes 1952 "Once in a Blue Moon" Nat King Cole--- His first professionally written song; adapted from a melody by Anton Rubinstein 1957 "The Story of My Life" Marty Robbins Hal David15- 1958: Michael Holliday, #1 UK1958: Gary Miller, #14 UK1958: Dave King, #20 UK1958: Alma Cogan, #25 UK 1958 "Magic Moments" Perry Como Hal David41 1958: Ronnie Hilton, #22 UK "Wendy Wendy" The Four Coins 72- "The Blob" The Five Blobs Mack David33- 1959 "Crazy Times" Gene Vincent Paul Hampton-- "Heavenly" Johnny Mathis Sydney Shaw-- Title track of #1 album "With Open Arms" Jane Morgan Hal David39- 1960 "I Looked for You" Charlie Gracie Hal David-- "We're Only Young Once" The Avons Robert Colby-45 1961 "Gotta Get a Girl" Frankie Avalon Hal David-- "Mexican Divorce" The Drifters Bob Hilliard-- "Please Stay" The Drifters Bob Hilliard14- 1966: The Cryin' Shames, #26 UK2001: Mekon ft. Marc Almond, #91 UK "I Wake Up Crying" Chuck Jackson Hal David59- "Tower of Strength" Gene McDaniels Bob Hilliard5- 1961: Frankie Vaughan, #1 UK "You're Following Me" Perry Como Bob Hilliard92- "Three Wheels on My Wagon" Dick Van Dyke Bob Hilliard-- "Baby It's You" The Shirelles Mack David, Luther Dixon8- 1964: Dave Berry, #23 UK1969: Smith, #5 pop1995: The Beatles (live), #67 pop, #7 UK"You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength"Gloria LynneHal David100- 1962 "Another Tear Falls" Gene McDaniels Hal David-- 1966: The Walker Brothers, #12 UK "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" Chuck Jackson Bob Hilliard23- 1969: Percy Sledge, #86 pop1982: Ronnie Milsap, #1 country and #14 pop "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" Gene Pitney Hal David4- "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" Tommy Hunt Hal David-- 1964: Dusty Springfield, #3 UK1966: Dionne Warwick, #26 pop1970: Gary Puckett, #61 pop2003: The White Stripes, #13 UK "(It's) Wonderful to Be Young" Cliff Richard Hal David-- "Make It Easy on Yourself" Jerry Butler Hal David20- 1965: The Walker Brothers, #16 pop, #1 UK1970: Dionne Warwick, #37 US "Don't You Believe It" Andy Williams Bob Hilliard39- "Only Love Can Break a Heart" Gene Pitney Hal David2- 1967: Margaret Whiting, #96 pop1977: Bobby Vinton, #99 pop "Keep Away from Other Girls" Helen Shapiro Bob Hilliard-40 "(There Goes) The Forgotten Man" Jimmy Radcliffe Hal David-- "The Love of a Boy" Timi Yuro Hal David44- "Don't Make Me Over" Dionne Warwick Hal David21- 1966: The Swinging Blue Jeans, #31 UK1970: Brenda & the Tabulations, #77 pop1979: Jennifer Warnes, #67 pop1989: Sybil, #20 pop, #19 UK 1963 "This Empty Place" Dionne Warwick Hal David84- "Wishin' and Hopin'" Dionne Warwick Hal David-- 1964: Dusty Springfield, #6 pop1964: The Merseybeats, #13 UK "Blue on Blue" Bobby Vinton Hal David3- "Be True to Yourself" Bobby Vee Hal David34- "True Love Never Runs Smooth" Gene Pitney Hal David21- "In the Land of Make Believe" The Drifters Hal David-- "Saturday Sunshine" Burt Bacharach Hal David93- "Make the Music Play" Dionne Warwick Hal David81- "Blue Guitar" Richard Chamberlain Hal David42- "(They Long to Be) Close to You" Richard Chamberlain Hal David-- 1970: The Carpenters, #1 pop, #6 UK1972: Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager, #91 pop1976: B. T. Express, #82 pop1986: Gwen Guthrie, #25 UK1990: The Carpenters, #25 UK (reissue) "Reach Out for Me" Lou Johnson Hal David74- 1964: Dionne Warwick, #20 pop, #23 UK "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" Gene Pitney Hal David175 "Wives and Lovers" Jack Jones Hal David14- "Anyone Who Had a Heart" Dionne Warwick Hal David842 1964: Cilla Black, #1 UK2008: Atomic Kitten, #77 UK2015: Cilla Black, #41 UK 1964 "Send Me No Flowers" Doris Day Hal David-- "Any Old Time of the Day" Dionne Warwick Hal David-- "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" Linda Scott Hal David100- "Walk On By" Dionne Warwick Hal David69 1969: Isaac Hayes, #30 pop1975: Gloria Gaynor, #98 US1978: The Stranglers, #21 UK1979: AWB, #92 pop, #46 UK1982: D Train, #44 UK1989: Dina Carroll, #95 UK1990: Sybil, #74 pop, #6 UK1997: Gabrielle, #7 UK1989: Melissa Manchester, #9 Adult Contemporary "A House Is Not a Home" Dionne Warwick Hal David71- 1964: Brook Benton, #75 pop2010: The Glee Cast, #53 pop, #77 UK "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" Dionne Warwick Hal David3420 1973: The Stylistics, #23 pop "Me Japanese Boy I Love You" Bobby Goldsboro Hal David74- "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" Lou Johnson Hal David49- 1964: Sandie Shaw, #1 UK1968: Dionne Warwick, #65 pop1968: Jose Feliciano1970: R. B. Greaves, #27 pop1983: Naked Eyes, #8 pop, #59 UK1994: Sandie Shaw, #66 UK (reissue)1995: Tin Tin Out, #14 UK "A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)" Lou Johnson Hal David-36 1962: Jerry Butler1964: Adam Faith, #12 UK1966: Dionne Warwick, "Message to Michael", #8 pop "Rome Will Never Leave You" Richard Chamberlain Hal David99- 1965 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Dionne Warwick Hal David-- "Long After Tonight Is All Over" Jimmy Radcliffe Hal David-40 "Trains and Boats and Planes" Burt Bacharach Hal David-4 1965: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, #47 pop, #12 UK1966: Dionne Warwick, #22 pop "What the World Needs Now Is Love" Jackie DeShannon Hal David7- 1971: Tom Clay, #8 pop1998: Dionne Warwick & the Hip-Hop Nation United, #87 pop "What's New Pussycat?" Tom Jones Hal David311 "My Little Red Book" Manfred Mann Hal David-- 1966: Love, #52 pop "Here I Am" Dionne Warwick Hal David65- "A Lifetime of Loneliness" Jackie DeShannon Hal David66- "Looking with My Eyes" Dionne Warwick Hal David64- "Are You There (With Another Girl)" Dionne Warwick Hal David39- 1966 "Alfie" Cilla Black Hal David959 1966: Cher, #32 pop1967: Dionne Warwick, #15 pop1968: Eivets Rednow, #66 pop2004: Alison Moyet, #99 UK "Come and Get Me" Jackie DeShannon Hal David83- "Another Night" Dionne Warwick Hal David49- "Go with Love" Dionne Warwick Hal David-- "Nikki" Burt Bacharach Hal David-- "Promise Her Anything" Tom Jones Hal David74- "So Long Johnny" Jackie DeShannon Hal David-- 1967 "The Beginning of Loneliness" Dionne Warwick Hal David79- "Casino Royale" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 2727 "The Look of Love" Dusty Springfield Hal David22- 1968: Sérgio Mendes, #4 pop1971: Isaac Hayes, #79 pop1973: Gladys Knight & the Pips, #21 UK1996: T-Empo, #71 UK2001: Diana Krall, #22 Adult Contemporary "The Windows of the World" Dionne Warwick Hal David32- "I Say a Little Prayer" Dionne Warwick Hal David4- 1968: Aretha Franklin, #10 pop, #4 UK1971: Glen Campbell and Anne Murray, #81 pop1988: Bomb the Bass, #10 UK1997: Diana King, #38 pop, #17 UK "One Less Bell to Answer" Keely Smith Hal David-- 1970: The 5th Dimension, #2 pop 1968 "Knowing When to Leave" Sue Raney Hal David-- "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" Dionne Warwick Hal David108 "This Guy's in Love with You" Herb Alpert Hal David13 1969: Dionne Warwick, "This Girl's in Love with You", #7 pop "Let Me Be Lonely" Dionne Warwick Hal David71- "Who Is Gonna Love Me?" Dionne Warwick Hal David3356 "To Wait for Love" Herb Alpert Hal David51- 1964: Tony Orlando "Promises, Promises" Dionne Warwick Hal David19- 1969 "The April Fools" Dionne Warwick Hal David37- "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Burt Bacharach Hal David93- 1969: Bobbie Gentry, #1 UK1969: Dionne Warwick, #6 pop1990: Deacon Blue (on Four Bacharach & David Songs), #2 UK "Odds and Ends" Dionne Warwick Hal David43- "I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)" Engelbert Humperdinck Hal David3815 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas Hal David138 1970: Johnny (John) Farnham, #1 Australia (7 weeks) 1970: Sacha Distel, #10 UK1970: Bobbie Gentry, #40 UK 1970 "Everybody's Out of Town" B. J. Thomas Hal David26- "Let Me Go to Him" Dionne Warwick Hal David32- "Paper Mache" Dionne Warwick Hal David43-"The Wine Is Young"Dionne WarwickHal David--1970 - B side to Paper Mache "The Green Grass Starts to Grow" Dionne Warwick Hal David43- 1971 "All Kinds of People" Dionne Warwick Hal David-- "Who Gets the Guy" Dionne Warwick Hal David57- "Long Ago Tomorrow" B. J. Thomas Hal David61- 1973 "Living Together, Growing Together" The 5th Dimension Hal David32- "Lost Horizon" Shawn Phillips Hal David63- 1980 "I Don't Need You Anymore" Jackie DeShannon Paul Anka86- 1981 "Stronger Than Before" Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager30- "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Christopher Cross Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen17 "Making Love" Roberta Flack Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager13- 1982 "Night Shift" Quarterflash Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Ross60- "Heartlight" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond547 "That's What Friends Are For" Rod Stewart Carole Bayer Sager--1985: Dionne Warwick and Friends (Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Gladys Knight), #1 US pop, #1 R&B, #16 UK 1983 "Front Page Story" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond65- 1984 "A Chance for Heaven" Christopher Cross Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross76- "Turn Around" Neil Diamond Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond62- 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald Carole Bayer Sager12 "Love Always" El DeBarge Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager43- 1987 "Love Power" Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne Carole Bayer Sager1263 "Over You" Ray Parker Jr. Carole Bayer Sager, Ray Parker Jr.-65 1994 "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" Tevin Campbell Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden71- 1998 "Toledo" Elvis Costello Elvis Costello-72 2000 "Nothing in This World" Engelbert Humperdinck N Lowis-- 2003 "Beginnings" Cilla Black Hal David--

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