(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

Album: The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (1964)
Charted: 49
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Burt Bacharach, Hal David
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Red Brick Music Publishing, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 11

  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaUnderstand the lyrics only too well.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 31st 1970, R.B. Greaves performed "Always Something There to Remind Me" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #73 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; the week before it entered the chart at #97, and five weeks after it entered the Top 100 it peaked at #27 {for 2 weeks} and spent 8 weeks on the chart...
    It reached #50 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    On the same 'Bandstand' show he also performed his debut charted record, "Take a Letter, Maria"; it had peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on November 16th, 1969...
    R.I.P. Ronald Bertram Aloysius 'R. B.' Greaves III {1943 - 2012}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 31st 1964, Lou Johnson performed "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Two months earlier on August 16th, 1964 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #82; and on September 27th, 1964 it peaked at #49 {for 1 week}, and the week it peaked at #49 was also its 7th and last week on the Top 100...
    He had two other Top 100 records; "Reach Out for Me"* {peaked at #74 in 1963} and "A Time to Love - A Time to Cry" {reached #59 1965}...
    * One year later in 1964 Dionne Warwick covered "Reach Out for Me" and took it to #1 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart {#20 on Top 100}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 9th 1965, Sandie Shaw performed "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'...
    Seven months earlier on November 22nd, 1964 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #89; as stated above it peaked at #52 and spent 7 weeks on the Top 100...
    And October 31st, 1964 it reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on the United Kingdom's New Musical Express chart...
    She had two other records make the Top 100; "Girl Don't Come" (peaked at #42 in 1965) and "Long Live Love" (reached #97 in 1965)...
    Ms. Shaw, born Sandra Ann Goodrich, will celebrate her 68th birthday come next February 26th, 2015.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 28th 1983, Naked Eyes performed "Always Something There to Remind Me" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Two months earlier on March 6th, 1983 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #85; and on June 5th it peaked at #8 (for 2 weeks) and spent 20 weeks on the Top 100...
    The duo had two more records make the Top 100 in 1983; "Promises, Promises" (peaked at #11) and "When the Lights Go Out" (reached #37).
  • Rick from Mason City, IaNaked Eyes reinvented the song! Love IT!!!! My other favorite song by NE is "When the lights go out"
  • Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI loved the Naked Eyes version and video.
  • John from Nashville, TnPoor Lou Johnson was considered a male Dionne Warwick. He did the original versions of this song, "Reach Out For Me", and "Message To Martha (Michael)". All these songs later became huge hits for Dionne.
  • Fred from Laurel, MdI had never connected this song with anyone but Dionne Warwick; I'm glad to know who did the original. Also, at least where I was listening at the time (Pittsburgh), I'm certain her recording of it went much higher than #65. Or am I confusing it with "I Say a Little Prayer for You"? She recorded a lot of Bacharach/David songs, and did them splendidly. These two (Prayer & Remind) are musically pretty similar. I've never heard the Naked Eyes version.
  • Guy from Woodinville, WaBeing from the states, I've never heard the Lou Johnson or Sandie Shaw versions. I grew up with the Dionne Warwick version, which is actually one of her weaker Burt Bacharach/Hal David songs. Then Naked Eyes did the definitive version in '83. They OWN that song!
  • Nathan from From The Country Of, Canadalove the naked eyes version
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