This Guy's in Love with You

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"This Guy's in Love with You"

Single by Herb Alpert
from the album The Beat of the Brass
Released	April 1968
Format	7"
Genre	Pop
Length	4:01
Label	A&M Records
Writer(s)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Chart positions
#1 (USA Hot 100) #3 (UK)

"This Guy's in Love with You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and recorded by Herb Alpert. Although known primarily for his trumpet playing as the leader of the Tijuana Brass, Alpert sang lead vocals on this solo recording.

Alpert originally sang "This Guy's in Love with You" on a 1968 television special. In response to numerous viewer telephone calls, the song was released as a single and reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four weeks. Eleven years later Alpert would become the first (and only) artist to reach the top of the Hot 100 with both a vocal performance and an instrumental performance ("Rise", 1979).

Preceded by "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel	Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 22, 1968	Succeeded by "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela

[edit] Cover versions

In 1969, Dionne Warwick recorded a cover version of the song using the title "This Girl's in Love with You", which reached #7 on the U.S. charts.
A year later, Aretha Franklin included the song on her album This Girl's In Love With You.
More recently, Barry Manilow recorded the song for his compilation The Greatest Songs of the Sixties (2006).