Walk on By
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"Walk On By" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach
, with lyrics by Hal David
. The song was originally recorded by, and a hit for, Dionne Warwick
. It has subsequently been covered many times, and has been a hit for several other artists as well, including Gloria Gaynor
, Alan Price
, Isaac Hayes
, Average White Band, The Stranglers
, D-Train, Jo Jo Zep, Sybil
, Gabrielle, Cyndi Lauper
, Alicia Keys
and Seal
.
'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.
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
, with lyrics by Hal David
Hal David
Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
. The song was originally recorded by, and a hit for, Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
. It has subsequently been covered many times, and has been a hit for several other artists as well, including Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...
, Alan Price
Alan Price
Alan Price is an English musician, best known as the original keyboardist for the English band The Animals, and for his subsequent solo work....
, Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
, Average White Band, The Stranglers
The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
, D-Train, Jo Jo Zep, Sybil
Sybil Lynch
Sybil Lynch is an American R&B/pop singer, more popularly known as Sybil.-Career:Sybil has been recording since 1986 and is best known for her covers of Dionne Warwick's hits "Don't Make Me Over" and "Walk On By," which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively...
, Gabrielle, Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
, Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
and Seal
Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel , known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an...
.
Charting versions
"Walk On By" has charted numerous times in various countries, with wildly different arrangements. The following entries discuss the chart versions of the song, in the order in which they appeared:Dionne Warwick version (1964)
"Walk on By" was the first single from Cyndi LauperCyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
's 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
covers album, At Last
At Last (Cyndi Lauper album)
At Last is a Grammy Award-nominated 2003 album by Cyndi Lauper. It made the top 40 of the album charts in both the US and Australia. The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee". Lauper co-produced the album with Russ Titelman...
. It was also included on Lauper's 2004
2004 in music
See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....
DVD Live at Last. It was released as a promo only. Remixes of the song reached #10 on the U.S. dance chart.
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
10 |
Track listing
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
Seal version (2005)
Seal released a version of "Walk On By" as a single in January, 2005. Though the song did not chart in his native UK, it made the lower reaches of the charts in several European countries, including #57 Austria, #49 Germany, and #46 Switzerland.Other versions of note
- The Beach Boys covered the song in a studio outtake included on their 20/20 CD paired with Friends as bonus track from that period.
- A 1960s garage rockGarage rockGarage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
version was recorded by The Outcasts from Manhasset, New YorkManhasset, New YorkManhasset is a hamlet and neighborhood in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 8,080.... - Melissa ManchesterMelissa ManchesterMelissa Manchester is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Beginning in the 1970s, she has recorded generally in the adult contemporary genre. She has also appeared as an actress on television, in films, and on stage....
covered the song on her Tribute album (1989) - Alicia KeysAlicia KeysAlicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
recorded a hip hop version of the song on mutli-platinum album The Diary of Alicia KeysThe Diary of Alicia KeysThe Diary of Alicia Keys is the second studio album by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was released in the United States on December 2, 2003 by J Records...
, (2003) - Diana KrallDiana KrallDiana Jean Krall, OC, OBC is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million worldwide; altogether, she has sold more albums than any other female jazz artist during the 1990s and 2000s...
recorded a jazzy version of the song on Quiet Nights, (2009) - In 1994, British guitarist Peter WhitePeter White (musician)Peter White is a smooth jazz and jazz fusion guitarist. He also plays the accordion and the piano. His brother, Danny White, was one of the original members who formed the UK based band Matt Bianco.-Career:...
covered the song off his album Reflections. - 3 years later, an instrumentalist named Bob Baldwin covered the song from the 1997 album Cool Breeze.
- Ronan KeatingRonan KeatingRonan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...
recorded the song for his album "When Ronan Met BurtWhen Ronan Met BurtWhen Ronan Met Burt is the eighth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter and Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating. It was produced and composed by Burt Bacharach.-Background:...
" (2011) - Kiki DeeKiki DeeKiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
recorded Walk On By in 1969 for Motown records during her work on the Great Expectations album, but the song was not released until 2005. It was then included on the retrospective album Kiki Dee - Love Makes The World Go Round: The Motown Collection (2005) This recording may be heard on youtube.com (Uploaded by LudaMalaMara on Jul 31, 2011) Link: KiKi Dee - Walk On By