List of songs written by Burt Bacharach

This is a list of songs written by Burt Bacharach.

Chart hits and other notable songs written by Burt Bacharach

Year	Song^[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 David	4	1	1958: 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 David	39	-
1960	"I Looked For You"	Charlie Gracie	Hal David	-	-
1960	"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 David	59	-
	"Tower of Strength"	Gene McDaniels	Bob Hilliard	5	-	1961: Frankie Vaughan, #1 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, #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 David	100	-
1962	"Another Tear Falls"	Gene McDaniels	Hal David	-	-	1966: The Walker Brothers, #12 UK
	"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"	Chuck Jackson	Bob Hilliard	23	-	1969: Percy Sledge, #86 pop 1982: Ronnie Milsap, #1 country and #14 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, #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 David	20	-	1965: The Walker Brothers, #16 pop, #1 UK 1970: Dionne Warwick, #37 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, #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 David	44	-
	"Don't Make Me Over"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	21	-	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 Warwick	Hal David	84	-
	"Wishin' and Hopin'"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	-	-	1964: Dusty Springfield, #6 pop 1964: The Merseybeats, #13 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, #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 David	74	-	1964: Dionne Warwick, #20 pop, #23 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, #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 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, #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 Warwick	Hal David	71	-	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 Warwick	Hal David	34	20	1973: The Stylistics, #23 pop
	"Me Japanese Boy I Love You"	Bobby Goldsboro	Hal David	74	-
	"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"	Lou Johnson	Hal David	49	-	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 Johnson	Hal David	-	36	1962: Jerry Butler 1964: Adam Faith, #12 UK 1966: Dionne Warwick, "Message to Michael", #8 pop
	"Rome Will Never Leave You"	Richard Chamberlain	Hal David	99	-
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 UK 1966: Dionne Warwick, #22 pop
	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"	Jackie DeShannon	Hal David	7	-	1971: Tom Clay, #8 pop 1998: Dionne Warwick & the Hip-Hop Nation United, #87 pop
	"What's New Pussycat?"	Tom Jones	Hal David	3	11
	"My Little Red Book"	Manfred Mann	Hal David	-	-	1966: Love, #52 pop
	"Here I Am"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	65	-
	"A Lifetime of Loneliness"	Jackie DeShannon	Hal David	66	-
	"Looking with My Eyes"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	64	-
	"Are You There (With Another Girl)"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	39	-
1966	"Alfie"	Cilla Black	Hal David	95	9	1966: Cher, #32 pop 1967: Dionne Warwick, #15 pop 1968: Eivets Rednow, #66 pop 2004: Alison Moyet, #99 UK
	"Come and Get Me"	Jackie DeShannon	Hal David	83	-
	"Another Night"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	49	-
	"Go With Love"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	-	-
	"Nikki"	Burt Bacharach	Hal David	-	-
	"Promise Her Anything"	Tom Jones	Hal David	74	-
	"So Long Johnny"	Jackie DeShannon	Hal David	-	-
1967	"The Beginning of Loneliness"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	79	-
	"Casino Royale"	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass		27	27
	"The Look of Love"	Dusty Springfield	Hal David	22	-	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 Warwick	Hal David	32	-
	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	4	-	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 Warwick	Hal David	10	8
	"This Guy's in Love with You"	Herb Alpert	Hal David	1	3	1969: Dionne Warwick, "This Girl's in Love with You", #7 pop
	"Let Me Be Lonely"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	71	-
	"Who Is Gonna Love Me?"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	33	56
	"To Wait for Love"	Herb Alpert	Hal David	51	-	1964: Tony Orlando
	"Promises, Promises"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	19	-
1969	"The April Fools"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	37	-
	"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"	Burt Bacharach	Hal David	93	-	1969: Bobbie Gentry, #1 UK 1969: Dionne Warwick, #6 pop 1990: Deacon Blue (on Four Bacharach & David Songs), #2 UK
	"Odds and Ends"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	43	-
	"I'm a Better Man (For Having Loved You)"	Engelbert Humperdinck	Hal David	38	15
	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	B. J. Thomas	Hal David	1	38	1970: 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. Thomas	Hal David	26	-
	"Let Me Go To Him"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	32	-
	"Paper Mache"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	43	-
	"The Wine Is Young"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	-	-	1970 - B side to Paper Mache
	"The Green Grass Starts to Grow"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	43	-
1971	"All Kinds Of People"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	-	-
	"Who Gets the Guy"	Dionne Warwick	Hal David	57	-
	"Long Ago Tomorrow"	B. J. Thomas	Hal David	61	-
1973	"Living Together, Growing Together"	The 5th Dimension	Hal David	32	-
1973	"Lost Horizon"	Shawn Phillips	Hal David	63	-
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	1	7
	"Making Love"	Roberta Flack	Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager	13	-
1982	"Night Shift"	Quarterflash	Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Ross	60	-
	"Heartlight"	Neil Diamond	Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond	5	47
	"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 Diamond	65	-
1984	"A Chance for Heaven"	Christopher Cross	Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross	76	-
1984	"Turn Around"	Neil Diamond	Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Diamond	62	-
1986	"On My Own"	Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald	Carole Bayer Sager	1	2
1986	"Love Always"	El DeBarge	Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager	43	-
1987	"Love Power"	Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne	Carole Bayer Sager	12	63
1987	"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	-	-

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Songs written by Burt Bacharach, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014
^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
^ "The Drifters - Mexican Divorce / Another Night with the Boys". Discogs.

External links

[musicvf-1] Songs written by Burt Bacharach, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014

[whitburn_pop-2] Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.

[betts-3] Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.

[4] "The Drifters - Mexican Divorce / Another Night with the Boys". Discogs.

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List of songs written by Burt Bacharach

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