Everything is shut down for the aftermath of the hurricane--even our church services were cancelled today. So I don't have anything to do but sit around and sing songs.
Anyway, I was stunned when I read up on the history of this song. Written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, first recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1963, but only as a demo.
Lou Johnson's version went to #49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.
Later that same year, Sandy Shaw recorded it and it went to #1 in the U.K., #16 in Australia, #7 in Ireland, and #10 in the Netherlands. She recorded a French version that went to #2 in France and a German version that failed to chart.
Dionne Warwick recorded it again in 1967 as an actual release and it went to only #65 in the U.S.
R.B. Greaves (never heard of him) recorded it in 1970 and it went to #27 in the U.S., finally getting some success here.
It was recorded by a truck load of different artists that spanned multiple genres without success.
And all this time I thought it was just a huge hit for Naked Eyes in 1983. It went to #8 in the U.S., #7 in Australia, #9 in Canada, #2 in New Zealand, but only to #59 in the U.K.
I do not expect this cover to chart.