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is "when someone's sick". Following that is a soundbite of a drill sergeant leading a platoon into training, along with gunfire sound effects, after which are snippets of the two songs – both as recorded by the Blackberries, a session recording group. Interspersed are excerpts of speeches by
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Co-songwriter Burt Bacharach revealed in his 2014 autobiography that this song had among the most difficult lyrics Hal David ever wrote, despite being deceptively simple as a pop hit. He explained that they had the main melody and chorus written back in 1962, centering on a
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tempo, but it took another two years for David to finally come up with the lyric, "Lord, we don't need another mountain." Once David worked out the verses, Bacharach said the song essentially "wrote itself" and they finished it in a day or two.
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The song's success caught the two songwriters completely by surprise, since they were very aware of the controversy and disagreements among Americans about the
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recorded a soul version of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" using gospel harmonies, on their album "The Time Has Come".
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writer Morgan Enos included the "obscure medley" in his list of songs that sample King Jr. Oliver Wang of
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for many years, most frequently heard when pledge amounts were announced on the broadcast.
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snippets set to a syrupy arrangement of the Burt Bacharach tune", was the first single on
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in August 1971, and was Clay's only top 40 hit. Reviewing Tom Clay's track for
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Tom Clay - What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John (medley)
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The song begins with a man asking a young girl to define such words as
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An instrumental version of the song was featured regularly on the
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in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one.
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In addition to the DeShannon hit recording and the numerous
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Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert
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In April 2024, the song was used in the teaser trailer of
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recorded the song for sales to benefit the victims of the
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What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John
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DeShannon's version of the song was selected by the U.S.
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performs a version of the song in the 1997 American film
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United States National Recording Registry recordings
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This article is about the song. For other uses, see
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What the World Needs Now Is Love (disambiguation)

Single
Jackie DeShannon
This Is Jackie DeShannon
B-side
Studio
Bell Sound
Genre
Easy listening
Label
Imperial Records
Songwriter(s)
Burt Bacharach
Hal David
Producer(s)
Jackie DeShannon
Hal David
Burt Bacharach
Jackie DeShannon
Hot 100
Imperial Records
Grammy Hall of Fame
waltz
Vietnam War
Dionne Warwick
Here Where There Is Love
Gene Pitney
Bell Sound Studios
The Chambers Brothers

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