List of songs written by Burt Bacharach
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This is a list of songs written by Burt Bacharach.
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· Chart hits and other notable songs written by Burt Bacharach
1952
1952
Year
1952
Song
"Once in a Blue Moon"
Original artist
Nat King Cole
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
Other charting versions, and notes
His first professionally written song
1957
1957
Year
1957
Song
"The Story of My Life"
Original artist
Marty Robbins
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
15
UK Singles Chart
-
Other charting versions, and notes
1958: Michael Holliday, #1 UK1958: Gary Miller, #14 UK1958: Dave King, #20 UK1958: Alma Cogan, #25 UK
1958
1958
Year
1958
Song
"Magic Moments"
Original artist
Perry Como
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
4
UK Singles Chart
1
Other charting versions, and notes
1958: Ronnie Hilton, #22 UK
"Wendy Wendy"
"Wendy Wendy"
Year
"Wendy Wendy"
Song
The Four Coins
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
72
U.S. Pop
-
"The Blob"
"The Blob"
Year
"The Blob"
Song
The Five Blobs
Original artist
Mack David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
33
U.S. Pop
-
1959
1959
Year
1959
Song
"Crazy Times"
Original artist
Gene Vincent
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Paul Hampton
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"Heavenly"
"Heavenly"
Year
"Heavenly"
Song
Johnny Mathis
Original artist
Sydney Shaw
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
Title track of #1 album
"With Open Arms"
"With Open Arms"
Year
"With Open Arms"
Song
Jane Morgan
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
39
U.S. Pop
-
1960
1960
Year
1960
Song
"I Looked for You"
Original artist
Charlie Gracie
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"We're Only Young Once"
"We're Only Young Once"
Year
"We're Only Young Once"
Song
The Avons
Original artist
Robert Colby
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
45
1961
1961
Year
1961
Song
"Gotta Get a Girl"
Original artist
Frankie Avalon
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"Mexican Divorce"
"Mexican Divorce"
Year
"Mexican Divorce"
Song
The Drifters
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Please Stay"
"Please Stay"
Year
"Please Stay"
Song
The Drifters
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
14
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1966: The Cryin' Shames, #26 UK2001: Mekon ft. Marc Almond, #91 UK
"I Wake Up Crying"
"I Wake Up Crying"
Year
"I Wake Up Crying"
Song
Chuck Jackson
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
59
U.S. Pop
-
"Tower of Strength"
"Tower of Strength"
Year
"Tower of Strength"
Song
Gene McDaniels
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
5
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1961: Frankie Vaughan, #1 UK
"You're Following Me"
"You're Following Me"
Year
"You're Following Me"
Song
Perry Como
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
92
U.S. Pop
-
"Three Wheels on My Wagon"
"Three Wheels on My Wagon"
Year
"Three Wheels on My Wagon"
Song
Dick Van Dyke
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Baby It's You"
"Baby It's You"
Year
"Baby It's You"
Song
The Shirelles
Original artist
Mack David, Luther Dixon
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
8
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
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"
"You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength"
Year
"You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength"
Song
Gloria Lynne
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
100
U.S. Pop
-
1962
1962
Year
1962
Song
"Another Tear Falls"
Original artist
Gene McDaniels
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
Other charting versions, and notes
1966: The Walker Brothers, #12 UK
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
Year
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
Song
Chuck Jackson
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
23
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1969: Percy Sledge, #86 pop1982: Ronnie Milsap, #1 country and #14 pop
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
Year
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
Song
Gene Pitney
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
4
U.S. Pop
-
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
Year
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
Song
Tommy Hunt
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1964: Dusty Springfield, #3 UK1966: Dionne Warwick, #26 pop1970: Gary Puckett, #61 pop2003: The White Stripes, #13 UK
"(It's) Wonderful to Be Young"
"(It's) Wonderful to Be Young"
Year
"(It's) Wonderful to Be Young"
Song
Cliff Richard
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Make It Easy on Yourself"
"Make It Easy on Yourself"
Year
"Make It Easy on Yourself"
Song
Jerry Butler
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
20
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1965: The Walker Brothers, #16 pop, #1 UK1970: Dionne Warwick, #37 US
"Don't You Believe It"
"Don't You Believe It"
Year
"Don't You Believe It"
Song
Andy Williams
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
39
U.S. Pop
-
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
Year
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
Song
Gene Pitney
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
2
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1967: Margaret Whiting, #96 pop1977: Bobby Vinton, #99 pop
"Keep Away from Other Girls"
"Keep Away from Other Girls"
Year
"Keep Away from Other Girls"
Song
Helen Shapiro
Original artist
Bob Hilliard
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
40
"(There Goes) The Forgotten Man"
"(There Goes) The Forgotten Man"
Year
"(There Goes) The Forgotten Man"
Song
Jimmy Radcliffe
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"The Love of a Boy"
"The Love of a Boy"
Year
"The Love of a Boy"
Song
Timi Yuro
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
44
U.S. Pop
-
"Don't Make Me Over"
"Don't Make Me Over"
Year
"Don't Make Me Over"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
21
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1966: The Swinging Blue Jeans, #31 UK1970: Brenda & the Tabulations, #77 pop1979: Jennifer Warnes, #67 pop1989: Sybil, #20 pop, #19 UK
1963
1963
Year
1963
Song
"This Empty Place"
Original artist
Dionne Warwick
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
84
UK Singles Chart
-
"Wishin' and Hopin'"
"Wishin' and Hopin'"
Year
"Wishin' and Hopin'"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1964: Dusty Springfield, #6 pop1964: The Merseybeats, #13 UK
"Blue on Blue"
"Blue on Blue"
Year
"Blue on Blue"
Song
Bobby Vinton
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
3
U.S. Pop
-
"Be True to Yourself"
"Be True to Yourself"
Year
"Be True to Yourself"
Song
Bobby Vee
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
34
U.S. Pop
-
"True Love Never Runs Smooth"
"True Love Never Runs Smooth"
Year
"True Love Never Runs Smooth"
Song
Gene Pitney
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
21
U.S. Pop
-
"In the Land of Make Believe"
"In the Land of Make Believe"
Year
"In the Land of Make Believe"
Song
The Drifters
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Saturday Sunshine"
"Saturday Sunshine"
Year
"Saturday Sunshine"
Song
Burt Bacharach
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
93
U.S. Pop
-
"Make the Music Play"
"Make the Music Play"
Year
"Make the Music Play"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
81
U.S. Pop
-
"Blue Guitar"
"Blue Guitar"
Year
"Blue Guitar"
Song
Richard Chamberlain
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
42
U.S. Pop
-
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Year
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Song
Richard Chamberlain
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
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"
"Reach Out for Me"
Year
"Reach Out for Me"
Song
Lou Johnson
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
74
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1964: Dionne Warwick, #20 pop, #23 UK
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"
Year
"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa"
Song
Gene Pitney
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
17
U.S. Pop
5
"Wives and Lovers"
"Wives and Lovers"
Year
"Wives and Lovers"
Song
Jack Jones
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
14
U.S. Pop
-
"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Year
"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
8
U.S. Pop
42
UK Singles Chart
1964: Cilla Black, #1 UK2008: Atomic Kitten, #77 UK2015: Cilla Black, #41 UK
1964
1964
Year
1964
Song
"Send Me No Flowers"
Original artist
Doris Day
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"Any Old Time of the Day"
"Any Old Time of the Day"
Year
"Any Old Time of the Day"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed"
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed"
Year
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed"
Song
Linda Scott
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
100
U.S. Pop
-
"Walk On By"
"Walk On By"
Year
"Walk On By"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
6
U.S. Pop
9
UK Singles Chart
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"
"A House Is Not a Home"
Year
"A House Is Not a Home"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
71
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1964: Brook Benton, #75 pop2010: The Glee Cast, #53 pop, #77 UK
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
Year
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
34
U.S. Pop
20
UK Singles Chart
1973: The Stylistics, #23 pop
"Me Japanese Boy I Love You"
"Me Japanese Boy I Love You"
Year
"Me Japanese Boy I Love You"
Song
Bobby Goldsboro
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
74
U.S. Pop
-
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
Year
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
Song
Lou Johnson
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
49
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
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)"
"A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)"
Year
"A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)"
Song
Lou Johnson
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
36
UK Singles Chart
1962: Jerry Butler1964: Adam Faith, #12 UK1966: Dionne Warwick, "Message to Michael", #8 pop
"Rome Will Never Leave You"
"Rome Will Never Leave You"
Year
"Rome Will Never Leave You"
Song
Richard Chamberlain
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
99
U.S. Pop
-
1965
1965
Year
1965
Song
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Original artist
Dionne Warwick
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"Long After Tonight Is All Over"
"Long After Tonight Is All Over"
Year
"Long After Tonight Is All Over"
Song
Jimmy Radcliffe
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
40
"Trains and Boats and Planes"
"Trains and Boats and Planes"
Year
"Trains and Boats and Planes"
Song
Burt Bacharach
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
4
UK Singles Chart
1965: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, #47 pop, #12 UK1966: Dionne Warwick, #22 pop
"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
Year
"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
Song
Jackie DeShannon
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
7
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1971: Tom Clay, #8 pop1998: Dionne Warwick & the Hip-Hop Nation United, #87 pop
"What's New Pussycat?"
"What's New Pussycat?"
Year
"What's New Pussycat?"
Song
Tom Jones
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
3
U.S. Pop
11
"My Little Red Book"
"My Little Red Book"
Year
"My Little Red Book"
Song
Manfred Mann
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1966: Love, #52 pop
"Here I Am"
"Here I Am"
Year
"Here I Am"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
65
U.S. Pop
-
"A Lifetime of Loneliness"
"A Lifetime of Loneliness"
Year
"A Lifetime of Loneliness"
Song
Jackie DeShannon
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
66
U.S. Pop
-
"Looking with My Eyes"
"Looking with My Eyes"
Year
"Looking with My Eyes"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
64
U.S. Pop
-
"Are You There (With Another Girl)"
"Are You There (With Another Girl)"
Year
"Are You There (With Another Girl)"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
39
U.S. Pop
-
1966
1966
Year
1966
Song
"Alfie"
Original artist
Cilla Black
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
95
UK Singles Chart
9
Other charting versions, and notes
1966: Cher, #32 pop1967: Dionne Warwick, #15 pop1968: Eivets Rednow, #66 pop2004: Alison Moyet, #99 UK
"Come and Get Me"
"Come and Get Me"
Year
"Come and Get Me"
Song
Jackie DeShannon
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
83
U.S. Pop
-
"Another Night"
"Another Night"
Year
"Another Night"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
49
U.S. Pop
-
"Go with Love"
"Go with Love"
Year
"Go with Love"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Nikki"
"Nikki"
Year
"Nikki"
Song
Burt Bacharach
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
"Promise Her Anything"
"Promise Her Anything"
Year
"Promise Her Anything"
Song
Tom Jones
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
74
U.S. Pop
-
"So Long Johnny"
"So Long Johnny"
Year
"So Long Johnny"
Song
Jackie DeShannon
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
1967
1967
Year
1967
Song
"The Beginning of Loneliness"
Original artist
Dionne Warwick
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
79
UK Singles Chart
-
"Casino Royale"
"Casino Royale"
Year
"Casino Royale"
Song
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
27
U.S. Pop
27
"The Look of Love"
"The Look of Love"
Year
"The Look of Love"
Song
Dusty Springfield
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
22
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
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"
"The Windows of the World"
Year
"The Windows of the World"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
32
U.S. Pop
-
"I Say a Little Prayer"
"I Say a Little Prayer"
Year
"I Say a Little Prayer"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
4
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
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"
"One Less Bell to Answer"
Year
"One Less Bell to Answer"
Song
Keely Smith
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1970: The 5th Dimension, #2 pop
1968
1968
Year
1968
Song
"Knowing When to Leave"
Original artist
Sue Raney
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Year
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
10
U.S. Pop
8
"This Guy's in Love with You"
"This Guy's in Love with You"
Year
"This Guy's in Love with You"
Song
Herb Alpert
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
1
U.S. Pop
3
UK Singles Chart
1969: Dionne Warwick, "This Girl's in Love with You", #7 pop
"Let Me Be Lonely"
"Let Me Be Lonely"
Year
"Let Me Be Lonely"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
71
U.S. Pop
-
"Who Is Gonna Love Me?"
"Who Is Gonna Love Me?"
Year
"Who Is Gonna Love Me?"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
33
U.S. Pop
56
"To Wait for Love"
"To Wait for Love"
Year
"To Wait for Love"
Song
Herb Alpert
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
51
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1964: Tony Orlando
"Promises, Promises"
"Promises, Promises"
Year
"Promises, Promises"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
19
U.S. Pop
-
1969
1969
Year
1969
Song
"The April Fools"
Original artist
Dionne Warwick
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
37
UK Singles Chart
-
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
Year
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
Song
Burt Bacharach
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
93
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1969: Bobbie Gentry, #1 UK1969: Dionne Warwick, #6 pop1990: Deacon Blue (on Four Bacharach & David Songs), #2 UK
"Odds and Ends"
"Odds and Ends"
Year
"Odds and Ends"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
43
U.S. Pop
-
"I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)"
"I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)"
Year
"I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)"
Song
Engelbert Humperdinck
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
38
U.S. Pop
15
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
Year
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
Song
B. J. Thomas
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
1
U.S. Pop
38
UK Singles Chart
1970: Johnny (John) Farnham, #1 Australia (7 weeks) 1970: Sacha Distel, #10 UK1970: Bobbie Gentry, #40 UK
1970
1970
Year
1970
Song
"Everybody's Out of Town"
Original artist
B. J. Thomas
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
26
UK Singles Chart
-
"Let Me Go to Him"
"Let Me Go to Him"
Year
"Let Me Go to Him"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
32
U.S. Pop
-
"Paper Mache"
"Paper Mache"
Year
"Paper Mache"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
43
U.S. Pop
-
"The Wine Is Young"
"The Wine Is Young"
Year
"The Wine Is Young"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1970 - B side to Paper Mache
"The Green Grass Starts to Grow"
"The Green Grass Starts to Grow"
Year
"The Green Grass Starts to Grow"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
43
U.S. Pop
-
1971
1971
Year
1971
Song
"All Kinds of People"
Original artist
Dionne Warwick
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
"Who Gets the Guy"
"Who Gets the Guy"
Year
"Who Gets the Guy"
Song
Dionne Warwick
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
57
U.S. Pop
-
"Long Ago Tomorrow"
"Long Ago Tomorrow"
Year
"Long Ago Tomorrow"
Song
B. J. Thomas
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
61
U.S. Pop
-
1973
1973
Year
1973
Song
"Living Together, Growing Together"
Original artist
The 5th Dimension
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
32
UK Singles Chart
-
"Lost Horizon"
"Lost Horizon"
Year
"Lost Horizon"
Song
Shawn Phillips
Original artist
Hal David
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
63
U.S. Pop
-
1980
1980
Year
1980
Song
"I Don't Need You Anymore"
Original artist
Jackie DeShannon
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Paul Anka
U.S. Pop
86
UK Singles Chart
-
1981
1981
Year
1981
Song
"Stronger Than Before"
Original artist
Carole Bayer Sager
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager
U.S. Pop
30
UK Singles Chart
-
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
Year
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
Song
Christopher Cross
Original artist
Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
1
U.S. Pop
7
"Making Love"
"Making Love"
Year
"Making Love"
Song
Roberta Flack
Original artist
Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
13
U.S. Pop
-
1982
1982
Year
1982
Song
"Night Shift"
Original artist
Quarterflash
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Ross
U.S. Pop
60
UK Singles Chart
-
"Heartlight"
"Heartlight"
Year
"Heartlight"
Song
Neil Diamond
Original artist
Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
5
U.S. Pop
47
"That's What Friends Are For"
"That's What Friends Are For"
Year
"That's What Friends Are For"
Song
Rod Stewart
Original artist
Carole Bayer Sager
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
1985: Dionne Warwick and Friends (Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Gladys Knight), #1 US pop, #1 R&B, #16 UK
1983
1983
Year
1983
Song
"Front Page Story"
Original artist
Neil Diamond
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond
U.S. Pop
65
UK Singles Chart
-
1984
1984
Year
1984
Song
"A Chance for Heaven"
Original artist
Christopher Cross
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross
U.S. Pop
76
UK Singles Chart
-
"Turn Around"
"Turn Around"
Year
"Turn Around"
Song
Neil Diamond
Original artist
Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
62
U.S. Pop
-
1986
1986
Year
1986
Song
"On My Own"
Original artist
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager
U.S. Pop
1
UK Singles Chart
2
"Love Always"
"Love Always"
Year
"Love Always"
Song
El DeBarge
Original artist
Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
43
U.S. Pop
-
1987
1987
Year
1987
Song
"Love Power"
Original artist
Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Carole Bayer Sager
U.S. Pop
12
UK Singles Chart
63
"Over You"
"Over You"
Year
"Over You"
Song
Ray Parker Jr.
Original artist
Carole Bayer Sager, Ray Parker Jr.
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
-
U.S. Pop
65
1994
1994
Year
1994
Song
"Don't Say Goodbye Girl"
Original artist
Tevin Campbell
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden
U.S. Pop
71
UK Singles Chart
-
1998
1998
Year
1998
Song
"Toledo"
Original artist
Elvis Costello
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Elvis Costello
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
72
2000
2000
Year
2000
Song
"Nothing in This World"
Original artist
Engelbert Humperdinck
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
N Lowis
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
2003
2003
Year
2003
Song
"Beginnings"
Original artist
Cilla Black
Co-writer(s) with Bacharach
Hal David
U.S. Pop
-
UK Singles Chart
-
| Year | Song | Original artist | Co-writer(s) with Bacharach | Pop | UK Singles Chart | Other charting versions, and notes |
| 1952 | "Once in a Blue Moon" | Nat King Cole | - | - | - | His first professionally written song |
| 1957 | "The Story of My Life" | Marty Robbins | Hal David | 15 | - | 1958: Michael Holliday, UK1958: Gary Miller, UK1958: Dave King, UK1958: Alma Cogan, UK |
| 1958 | "Magic Moments" | Perry Como | Hal David | 4 | 1 | 1958: Ronnie Hilton, UK |
| "Wendy Wendy" | The Four Coins | 72 | - | |||
| "The Blob" | The Five Blobs | Mack David | 33 | - | ||
| 1959 | "Crazy Times" | Gene Vincent | Paul Hampton | - | - | |
| "Heavenly" | Johnny Mathis | Sydney Shaw | - | - | Title track of album | |
| "With Open Arms" | Jane Morgan | Hal David | 39 | - | ||
| 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 Hilliard | 14 | - | 1966: The Cryin' Shames, UK2001: Mekon ft. Marc Almond, UK | |
| "I Wake Up Crying" | Chuck Jackson | Hal David | 59 | - | ||
| "Tower of Strength" | Gene McDaniels | Bob Hilliard | 5 | - | 1961: Frankie Vaughan, UK | |
| "You're Following Me" | Perry Como | Bob Hilliard | 92 | - | ||
| "Three Wheels on My Wagon" | Dick Van Dyke | Bob Hilliard | - | - | ||
| "Baby It's You" | The Shirelles | Mack David, Luther Dixon | 8 | - | 1964: Dave Berry, UK1969: Smith, pop1995: The Beatles (live), pop, UK | |
| "You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength" | Gloria Lynne | Hal David | 100 | - | ||
| 1962 | "Another Tear Falls" | Gene McDaniels | Hal David | - | - | 1966: The Walker Brothers, UK |
| "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" | Chuck Jackson | Bob Hilliard | 23 | - | 1969: Percy Sledge, pop1982: Ronnie Milsap, country and pop | |
| "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" | Gene Pitney | Hal David | 4 | - | ||
| "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | Tommy Hunt | Hal David | - | - | 1964: Dusty Springfield, UK1966: Dionne Warwick, pop1970: Gary Puckett, pop2003: The White Stripes, UK | |
| "(It's) Wonderful to Be Young" | Cliff Richard | Hal David | - | - | ||
| "Make It Easy on Yourself" | Jerry Butler | Hal David | 20 | - | 1965: The Walker Brothers, pop, UK1970: Dionne Warwick, US | |
| "Don't You Believe It" | Andy Williams | Bob Hilliard | 39 | - | ||
| "Only Love Can Break a Heart" | Gene Pitney | Hal David | 2 | - | 1967: Margaret Whiting, pop1977: Bobby Vinton, 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 David | 44 | - | ||
| "Don't Make Me Over" | Dionne Warwick | Hal David | 21 | - | 1966: The Swinging Blue Jeans, UK1970: Brenda & the Tabulations, pop1979: Jennifer Warnes, pop1989: Sybil, pop, UK | |
| 1963 | "This Empty Place" | Dionne Warwick | Hal David | 84 | - | |
| "Wishin' and Hopin | Dionne Warwick | Hal David | - | - | 1964: Dusty Springfield, pop1964: The Merseybeats, UK | |
| "Blue on Blue" | Bobby Vinton | Hal David | 3 | - | ||
| "Be True to Yourself" | Bobby Vee | Hal David | 34 | - | ||
| "True Love Never Runs Smooth" | Gene Pitney | Hal David | 21 | - | ||
| "In the Land of Make Believe" | The Drifters | Hal David | - | - | ||
| "Saturday Sunshine" | Burt Bacharach | Hal David | 93 | - | ||
| "Make the Music Play" | Dionne Warwick | Hal David | 81 | - | ||
| "Blue Guitar" | Richard Chamberlain | Hal David | 42 | - | ||
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | Richard Chamberlain | Hal David | - | - | 1970: The Carpenters, pop, UK1972: Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager, pop1976: B. T. Express, pop1986: Gwen Guthrie, UK1990: The Carpenters, UK (reissue) | |
| "Reach Out for Me" | Lou Johnson | Hal David | 74 | - | 1964: Dionne Warwick, pop, UK | |
| "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" | Gene Pitney | Hal David | 17 | 5 | ||
| "Wives and Lovers" | Jack Jones | Hal David | 14 | - | ||
| "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | Dionne Warwick | Hal David | 8 | 42 | 1964: Cilla Black, UK2008: Atomic Kitten, UK2015: Cilla Black, 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 David | 100 | - | ||
| "Walk On By" | Dionne Warwick | Hal David | 6 | 9 | 1969: Isaac Hayes, pop1975: Gloria Gaynor, US1978: The Stranglers, UK1979: AWB, pop, UK1982: D Train, UK1989: Dina Carroll, UK1990: Sybil, pop, UK1997: Gabrielle, UK1989: Melissa Manchester, Adult Contemporary |
References
- Songs written by Burt Bacharach, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Burt+Bacharach&tab=songaswriterchartstab
- Top Pop Singles 1955-2002https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur
- Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004
- Discogshttps://www.discogs.com/release/10154324-The-Drifters-Mexican-Divorce-Another-Night-With-The-Boys