Walk on By

Walk on By

Infobox Single
Name = Walk on By


Caption = "Walk on By" became Warwick's second international million-seller in April 1964
Artist = Dionne Warwick
from Album = Make Way for Dionne Warwick
A-side = Walk on By
B-side = Any Old Time of Day (Bacharach & David)
Released = April 26, 1964
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1964 at Bell Sound Studios, November 1963, Ed Smith Engineer
Genre = Soul, pop
Length = 2:55
Label = Scepter
Writer = Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Producer = Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Last single = "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
(1963)
This single = "Walk on By"
(1964)
Next single = "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
(1964)

"Walk on By" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David for Dionne Warwick. It was recorded at the same December 1963 session that yielded "Anyone Who Had a Heart", which, in 1964, became Warwick's second Top Ten hit. Released in April of that year, "Walk on By" became a landmark single, reaching #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached the top 10 in a brief run on Billboard's easy listening survey, and was a Number One hit on Cashbox's R and B chart (Billboard did not print rhythm and blues charts during 1964, the year of the song's peak performance.)

Like many of Warwick's 1960s Bacharach-composed singles, "Walk on By" was heavily covered in different ways, some of which gained significant chart success. One notable version was by funk/soul musician Isaac Hayes, whose 1969 cover on his groundbreaking album "Hot Buttered Soul" was transformed into a twelve-and-a-half minute funk vamp, breaking ground for singers to release songs surpassing five minutes. In 1978, The Stranglers recorded a gritty punk-inspired version that hit #21 on the UK charts. In 1982, funk singer D-Train recorded a US-only R&B hit with the song mixing up Warwick and Hayes' versions. In 1990, singer Sybil, who had scored her biggest hit a year prior with a cover of Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over", also scored a US R&B hit with this song.

Warwick also recorded a German version of the song, entitled "Geh Vorbei".Fact|date=January 2008

Other versions

Hundreds of artists have recorded and performed "Walk on By" on stage, including The Jackson 5 (often as part of a medley with The Love You Save) Aretha Franklin (1964), The Undisputed Truth, Bobby Kris & The Imperials, Mel Tormé, The Lettermen (on their 1964 album "She Cried"), The Four Seasons (1965), Stan Getz (1966), The Stranglers (1978), George Benson, Stanley Turrentine, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Isaac Hayes, Johnny Mathis, Cliff Richard (for live album "Cliff "Live" in Japan '72" with Olivia Newton-John), Gloria Gaynor (1975 album Experience Gloria Gaynor), Melissa Manchester, The Beach Boys, Sybil Lynch (1990), Seal, Average White Band, Melanie Thornton, Gabrielle (1997), The Carpenters, Michael McDonald (2007), Kelly Clarkson and Kiki Dee, Jazz Jamaica (on "Massive", 2004), The Scorchers (on "Stuntin'"), The Capprells and The Sul Brothers Band (one act).

Versions of "Walk on By" by different artists have been sampled and revisited many times, by artists such as Comptons Most Wanted (1991), Notorious B.I.G. (1994), Slick Rick , Hooverphonic (1997), MF Doom (1999), The Wu Tang Clan (2000), Pete Rock (2001), Ludacris (2004), Smith & Mighty and DJ Shadow on his Endtroducing debut.

In 2002, singer Ashanti portrayed Dionne Warwick on the hit NBC show American Dreams and performed her version of "Walk On By" on the episode "Silent Night".

In 2003, Alicia Keys recorded a medley of Hayes' version of "Walk on By" and Gladys Knight & the Pips' 1970 song "If I Were Your Woman" for her second album "The Diary of Alicia Keys", entitled "If I Was Your Woman/Walk on By".

The Undisputed Truth version of "Walk on By" was sampled by J Dilla on his 2006 album "Donuts"

Joss Stone's song "Just Walk on By", from the 2007 compilation album "Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1", contains a sample from "Walk on By".

Warwick's version remains the most well-known, however, and in 1998 the song was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame. The RIAA chose it as one of the Songs of the Century. In 2004, it was ranked #70 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The Youngs recorded a version of "Walk on By" appearing on their self titled album released on Mimicry Records in 2004.

Infobox Single
Name = Walk on By


Artist = Gabrielle
from Album = Gabrielle
Released = August 10 1997
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Pop, R&B, soul
Length = 3:21
Label = Go Beat, Universal Records
Writer = Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Producer =
Last single = "If You Ever"
(1996)
This single = "Walk on By"
(1997)
Next single = "Sunshine"
(1999)

Gabrielle version

In 1997, UK singer Gabrielle released her version of "Walk on By" as the fifth and final single from her second self-titled album. It reached #7 in the UK.

Charts

Track listings

CD:
# "Walk on By"
# "Walk on By" (45% Novocaine remix)
# "Walk on By" (live from TFI Friday)
# "Something to Talk About"

Song infobox
Name = Walk on By


Caption =
Type = single
Artist = Cyndi Lauper
alt Artist =
Album = At Last
Published =
Released = 2003
track_no =
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Pop
Length =
Writer = Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Composer =
Label = Sony Records
Producer =
Chart position =
Tracks =
prev = At Last
prev_no = 1
next = Stay
next_no = 3
Misc =

Cyndi Lauper version

"Walk on By" was the first single from Cyndi Lauper's 2003 covers album, "At Last". It was also included on Lauper's 2004 DVD "Live at Last". It was released as a promo only. Remixes of the song reached #10 on the U.S. dance chart.

Track listings

CD:

# "Walk on By" (Eddie X club mix) 10:51
# "Walk on By" (Eddie X dub mix) 7:52
# "Walk on By" (live version) 3:26
# "Walk on By" (S.A.F. dub mix) 8:12
# "Walk on By" (S.A.F.'s Walk to the Dance Floor club mix) 8:10
# "Walk on By" (Tony Moran mix) 4:31

Chart performance

Infobox Single
Name = Walk on By


Caption =
Artist = Seal
from Album = Best 1991-2004
A-side =
B-side =
Released = January 5, 2005
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Soul, pop
Length =
Label = Wea
Writer = Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position = * #49 (Germany)
Last single = "Waiting For You"
(2004)
This single = "Walk on By"
(2005)
Next single = "Killer 2005"
(2005)
Misc =


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