(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
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| Single by Lou Johnson | ||
| Released | 1964 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Writer(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |
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US #49 |
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| Lou Johnson singles chronology | ||
| Reach Out for Me (1963) |
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (1964) |
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| Single by Sandie Shaw | ||
| B-side(s) | "Don't You Know" | |
| Released | 1964 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | Pye | |
| Writer(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |
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| Sandie Shaw singles chronology | ||
| As Long As You're Happy Baby (1964) |
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me (1964) |
I'd Be Far Better Off Without You (1964) |
| "Always Something There to Remind Me" | ||
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| Single by Naked Eyes | ||
| from the album 'Burning Bridges' | ||
| Released | 1983 | |
| Genre | Pop, Synthpop | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |
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| Naked Eyes singles chronology | ||
| Always Something There to Remind Me (1983) |
Promises, Promises (1983) |
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"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally a minor hit for American singer Lou Johnson, it was then discovered by British pop manager Eve Taylor on a visit to the U.S. while looking for songs for her new recruit Sandie Shaw. Shaw's version became her breakthrough hit in her home country in 1964 - staying at #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks, later reaching #52 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S.
The song was recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1968 and has been recorded by several other artists, including R.B. Greaves, who had a top forty hit in the United States with his version in 1970. It was also the first hit for the British group Naked Eyes, who took the song into the American Top 10 in 1983. Naked Eyes' version, which curiously failed to make the top 40 in the UK, remains the version of the song with which most Americans are likely most familiar, and remains a staple on Adult Contemporary radio stations. Sandie Shaw re-recorded the song in 1985 for the soundtrack of the movie Letter to Brezhnev.
Other artists who have covered this song include Ted Neeley, Lou Christie, José Feliciano, Wayne Fontana, The Four Seasons, The Hippos, Jay and the Americans, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, Brenda Lee, Martha and the Vandellas, Viola Wills, Barbara Mason, La Lupe, Johnny Mathis, Marvelous 3 and All Saints in 1998. A few versions of this song have the word "(There's)" dropped from the title. The Carpenters also performed this song as part of a Bacharach/David medley.
| Preceded by "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison October 8 (2 weeks) |
UK number one single "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" by Sandie Shaw October 22, 1964 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison November 12 (1 week) |
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