List of songs written by Burt Bacharach

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This is a list of songs written by Burt Bacharach .

Chart hits and other notable songs written by Burt Bacharach

YearSong [1] Original artist [1] Co-writer(s) with Bacharach [1] U.S. Pop [2] UK Singles Chart [3] Other charting versions, [1] 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, #1 UK
1958: Gary Miller, #14 UK
1958: Dave King, #20 UK
1958: Alma Cogan, #25 UK
1958"Magic Moments" Perry Como Hal David411958: Ronnie Hilton, #22 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 #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 [4] --
"Please Stay" The Drifters Bob Hilliard 14-1966: The Cryin' Shames, #26 UK
2001: 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 ComoBob Hilliard92-
"Three Wheels on My Wagon" Dick Van Dyke Bob Hilliard--
"Baby It's You" The Shirelles Mack David, Luther Dixon 8-1964: Dave Berry, #23 UK
1969: Smith, #5 pop
1995: The Beatles (live), #67 pop, #7 UK
"You Don't Have To Be A Tower of Strength" Gloria Lynne Hal David100-
1962"Another Tear Falls"Gene McDanielsHal David--1966: The Walker Brothers, #12 UK
"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"Chuck JacksonBob Hilliard23-1969: Percy Sledge, #86 pop
1982: 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 UK
1966: Dionne Warwick, #26 pop
1970: Gary Puckett, #61 pop
2003: 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 UK
1970: Dionne Warwick, #37 US
"Don't You Believe It" Andy Williams Bob Hilliard39-
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"Gene PitneyHal David2-1967: Margaret Whiting, #96 pop
1977: 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 UK
1970: Brenda & the Tabulations, #77 pop
1979: Jennifer Warnes, #67 pop
1989: Sybil, #20 pop, #19 UK
1963"This Empty Place"Dionne WarwickHal David84-
"Wishin' and Hopin'"Dionne WarwickHal David--1964: Dusty Springfield, #6 pop
1964: 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 PitneyHal David21-
"In The Land Of Make Believe" The Drifters Hal David--
"Saturday Sunshine" Burt Bacharach Hal David93-
"Make the Music Play"Dionne WarwickHal David81-
"Blue Guitar" Richard Chamberlain Hal David42-
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"Richard ChamberlainHal David--1970: The Carpenters, #1 pop, #6 UK
1972: Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager, #91 pop
1976: B. T. Express, #82 pop
1986: Gwen Guthrie, #25 UK
1990: 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 PitneyHal David175
"Wives and Lovers" Jack Jones Hal David14-
"Anyone Who Had a Heart"Dionne WarwickHal David8421964: Cilla Black, #1 UK
2008: Atomic Kitten, #77 UK
2015: Cilla Black, #41 UK
1964"Send me no Flowers" Doris Day Hal David--
"Any Old Time Of The Day"Dionne WarwickHal David--
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" Linda Scott Hal David100-
"Walk On By"Dionne WarwickHal David691969: Isaac Hayes, #30 pop
1975: Gloria Gaynor, #98 US
1978: The Stranglers, #21 UK
1979: AWB, #92 pop, #46 UK
1982: D Train, #44 UK
1989: Dina Carroll, #95 UK
1990: Sybil, #74 pop, #6 UK
1997: Gabrielle, #7 UK
1989: Melissa Manchester, #9 Adult Contemporary
"A House Is Not a Home"Dionne WarwickHal David71-1964: Brook Benton, #75 pop
2010: The Glee Cast, #53 pop, #77 UK
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"Dionne WarwickHal David34201973: The Stylistics, #23 pop
"Me Japanese Boy I Love You" Bobby Goldsboro Hal David74-
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"Lou JohnsonHal David49-1964: Sandie Shaw, #1 UK
1968: Dionne Warwick, #65 pop
1968: Jose Feliciano
1970: R. B. Greaves, #27 pop
1983: Naked Eyes, #8 pop, #59 UK
1994: Sandie Shaw, #66 UK (reissue)
1995: Tin Tin Out, #14 UK
"A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)"Lou JohnsonHal David-361962: Jerry Butler
1964: Adam Faith, #12 UK
1966: Dionne Warwick, "Message to Michael", #8 pop
"Rome Will Never Leave You"Richard ChamberlainHal David99-
1965"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"Dionne WarwickHal David--
"Long After Tonight Is All Over" Jimmy Radcliffe Hal David-40
"Trains and Boats and Planes"Burt BacharachHal David-41965: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, #47 pop, #12 UK
1966: Dionne Warwick, #22 pop
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" Jackie DeShannon Hal David7-1971: Tom Clay, #8 pop
1998: 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 WarwickHal David65-
"A Lifetime of Loneliness"Jackie DeShannonHal David66-
"Looking with My Eyes"Dionne WarwickHal David64-
"Are You There (With Another Girl)"Dionne WarwickHal David39-
1966"Alfie" Cilla Black Hal David9591966: Cher, #32 pop
1967: Dionne Warwick, #15 pop
1968: Eivets Rednow, #66 pop
2004: Alison Moyet, #99 UK
"Come and Get Me"Jackie DeShannonHal David83-
"Another Night"Dionne WarwickHal David49-
"Go With Love"Dionne WarwickHal David--
"Nikki" Burt Bacharach Hal David--
"Promise Her Anything"Tom JonesHal David74-
"So Long Johnny" Jackie DeShannon Hal David--
1967"The Beginning of Loneliness"Dionne WarwickHal David79-
"Casino Royale" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 2727
"The Look of Love"Dusty SpringfieldHal David22-1968: Sérgio Mendes, #4 pop
1971: Isaac Hayes, #79 pop
1973: Gladys Knight & the Pips, #21 UK
1996: T-Empo, #71 UK
2001: Diana Krall, #22 Adult Contemporary
"The Windows of the World"Dionne WarwickHal David32-
"I Say a Little Prayer"Dionne WarwickHal David4-1968: Aretha Franklin, #10 pop, #4 UK
1971: Glen Campbell and Anne Murray, #81 pop
1988: Bomb the Bass, #10 UK
1997: 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 WarwickHal David108
"This Guy's in Love with You"Herb AlpertHal David131969: Dionne Warwick, "This Girl's in Love with You", #7 pop
"Let Me Be Lonely"Dionne WarwickHal David71-
"Who Is Gonna Love Me?"Dionne WarwickHal David3356
"To Wait for Love"Herb AlpertHal David51-1964: Tony Orlando
"Promises, Promises"Dionne WarwickHal David19-
1969"The April Fools"Dionne WarwickHal David37-
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"Burt BacharachHal David93-1969: Bobbie Gentry, #1 UK
1969: Dionne Warwick, #6 pop
1990: Deacon Blue (on Four Bacharach & David Songs), #2 UK
"Odds and Ends"Dionne WarwickHal David43-
"I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)" Engelbert Humperdinck Hal David3815
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas Hal David1381970: Johnny (John) Farnham, #1 Australia (7 weeks)
1970: Sacha Distel, #10 UK
1970: Bobbie Gentry, #40 UK
1970"Everybody's Out of Town"B. J. ThomasHal David26-
"Let Me Go To Him"Dionne WarwickHal David32-
"Paper Mache"Dionne WarwickHal David43-
"The Wine Is Young"Dionne WarwickHal David--1970 - B side to Paper Mache
"The Green Grass Starts to Grow"Dionne WarwickHal David43-
1971"All Kinds Of People"Dionne WarwickHal David--
"Who Gets the Guy"Dionne WarwickHal David57-
"Long Ago Tomorrow"B. J. ThomasHal 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 Anka 86-
1981"Stronger Than Before" Carole Bayer Sager Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager 30-
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Christopher Cross Christopher Cross, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen 17
"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 Diamond 547
"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 DiamondCarole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond65-
1984"A Chance for Heaven"Christopher CrossCarole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross76-
"Turn Around"Neil DiamondCarole 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 Walden 71-
1998"Toledo" Elvis Costello Elvis Costello-72
2003"Beginnings" Cilla Black Hal David --

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