"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Dionne Warwick made the original demonstration recording of the tune in 1963. Originally a minor hit for the American singer Lou Johnson (#49 on the Billboard Hot 100), it was then discovered by the British pop manager Eve Taylor on a visit to the U.S. whilst looking for songs for her new recruit Sandie Shaw. Shaw's ver...
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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. Dionne Warwick made the original demonstration recording of the tune in 1963. Originally a minor hit for the American singer Lou Johnson (#49 on the Billboard Hot 100), it was then discovered by the British pop manager Eve Taylor on a visit to the U.S. whilst 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 1967 with a new Burt Bacharach arrangement and was the B-side of a Top 40 double-sided hit single (A-side "Who Is Gonna Love Me") and has been recorded by several other artists, including R.B. Greaves, who had a Top 40 hit in the United States with his version in 1970. It was also the first hit for the British group...
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