The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Tom

Approve?
Sure. This is hardly the first time a hip hop artist has sampled "Walk on By".

Respect?
Well...he'd probably cash the check, smile, and think "they still need my hooks."

Well it's certainly one to keep an "eye out" for......(sorry)

'blue'

Most definitely! My impression is that the desire for commercial success was a fundamental driver of Burt's artistic life. He may not have liked a particular version (for example, he wasn't crazy that Love changed the chords to "My Little Red Book"), but he'd still rather be on the charts than not on the charts. I wonder if his impressions of "Lost Horizon" would have been different if it had turned out to be a huge success?

I think he would approve because being remembered is always nice.

# 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week.

I guess he would but good lord this is a lazy sample.

NOT on my playlist; however, I believe that Burt would be pleased and kind of laugh it off with a "whatever"!

Ron

The late songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in almost 20 years, thanks to Doja Cat.

Doja’s latest single, “Paint the Town Red,” tops the Hot 100 this week. The track samples the songwriting pair’s classic “Walk On By,” which was made famous in 1964 by Dionne Warwick.

Thanks to a sample in Twista’s “Slow Jamz,” featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx, Bacharach and David last earned a songwriting credit on a #1 song in 2004. That song, which spent one week on top of the chart, samples Luther Vandross’ cover of Warwick’s 1964 release “A House Is Not a Home.”

And with Warwick’s voice used in Doja’s track, it marks the first time her voice has appeared in a #1 song since 1986, when her classic “That’s What Friends Are For,” which also featured Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight, hit #1.

I remember Noel Gallagher mentioning in a Bacharach documentary that he stole the chords of 'This Guy's In Love With You' for this song.
"I'm surprised he (Burt) hasn't sued me yet ?"

'blue'