Wishin' and Hopin'
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"Wishin' and Hopin'" | ||||
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Single by Dionne Warwick | ||||
from the album Presenting Dionne Warwick | ||||
A-side | "This Empty Place" | |||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | Fall 1962 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:55 | |||
Label | Scepter | |||
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Dionne Warwick singles chronology | ||||
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"Wishin' and Hopin'" | ||||
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Single by Dusty Springfield | ||||
from the album A Girl Called Dusty (UK) Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You (U.S.) | ||||
B-side | "Do Re Mi" | |||
Released | May 1964 | |||
Recorded | January 1964 | |||
Studio | Olympic (London) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:53 | |||
Label | Philips | |||
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Producer(s) | Johnny Franz | |||
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"Wishin' and Hopin'" is a song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, which was a US Top 10 hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964.
History
The song was first recorded by Dionne Warwick in the fall of 1962, and was the B-side of Warwick's single "This Empty Place" (also recorded in the fall of 1962) in the spring of 1963; the track was also featured on Warwick's debut album Presenting Dionne Warwick. Warwick's rendition became a charting single in France, reaching No. 79 in 1963.[1] It was included again on Warwick's third album Make Way for Dionne Warwick. The song was originally published by Jonathan Music Co., Inc., a music publisher owned by the husband and manager of Kitty Kallen. (By contrast, other than their songs written for movies, Bacharach and David were publishing their songs mainly with their own publishing companies at the time, Blue Seas Music, Jac Music, and through the Leiber & Stoller-owned U.S. Songs, Inc.). Several of Kallen's mid-1960s singles, including "Star Eyes", "Make Someone Love You", and "I'll Teach You How To Cry", had B-sides published by Jonathan music, though Kallen did not end up recording "Wishin' and Hopin'".
Dusty Springfield recording
Dusty Springfield, who had heard the Warwick album track, recorded "Wishin' and Hopin'" in January 1964 at Olympic Studios. Personnel for the session included Bobby Graham on drums, Big Jim Sullivan on guitar, and the Breakaways vocal group. Ivor Raymonde arranged and conducted on the session, for which Johnny Franz was the producer. The track was included on Springfield's solo album debuts in the UK: A Girl Called Dusty, and the US: Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You.[2]
In February 1964, Springfield met with Burt Bacharach in New York City to listen to other songs to consider recording. Bacharach recalls at that time: "I [think] I tried to talk her into releasing 'Wishin' and Hopin'' [as a single] because she had some ambivalence about it."[3]
Springfield's version is recorded in the key of B major with a tempo of 108 beats per minute.[4]
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The release of "Wishin' and Hopin'" as a concurrent UK single release for Springfield was precluded by the presence on the UK charts of Springfield's single "
Despite not being a UK hit single for Springfield, "Wishin' and Hopin'" was strongly identified with her in the UK public consciousness: she performed the song with the Merseybeats on the 8 August, 1964 episode of
Springfield's recording was featured in the film A Home at the End of the World (2004).
"Wishin' and Hopin'" was also featured in "
The song was featured in Netflix's Sex Education.
Springfield recorded foreign-language versions of "Wishin' and Hopin'" in July 1964: in Italian as "Stupido Stupido" – which was a combination of lyrics in Italian and English, the latter being newly written rather than taken from the original song – and in German as "Warten Und Hoffen".[2] "Wishin' and Hopin'" was also a hit for Springfield in Australia (No. 2), New Zealand (No. 3), South Africa (No. 2),[8] and Canada (No. 2).[9]
Charts
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[10] | 2 |
Canada (RPM) | 2 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] | 3 |
South Africa (EMA)[12] | 8 |
US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 6 |
US Billboard Easy Listening | 4 |
Chart (1964) | Rank |
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US Billboard Hot 100[14] | 35 |
Other versions
- Nancy Sinatra - for her 1966 album Nancy in London.
- Austin Powers films, is suggested to have led to a renewed popularity of the Bacharach-David catalog.[16]
References
- ^ Infodisc.fr
- ^ a b "The original casino online – Just another WordPress site". Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ISBN 0-8256-7280-5.
- ^ "Key & BPM for Wishin' And Hopin' by Dusty Springfield". Tunebat. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ISBN 1-896522-77-7.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 228.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 30, 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Billboard Magazine, November, 1964. 14 November 1964. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- ^ "RPM Weekly Vol. 1, No. 23". RPM.
- ^ "Dusty Springfield – Wishin' and Hopin'". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ^ "Dusty Springfield – Wishin' and Hopin'". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending {{{date}}}". Entertainment Monitoring Africa.
- ^ "Dusty Springfield Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1964/Top 100 Songs of 1964 | Music Outfitters". www.musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ^ "My Best Friend's Wedding". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Tarradell, Mario (24 November 1997). "Burt's Back: Bacharach enjoying a resurgence". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 9 May 2013.