2007-07-28 16:19:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
What the world needs now is love, sweet love is the title of a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David, and music composed by Burt Bacharach . It was first recorded by Jackie DeShannon and reached number 7 in the US charts May of that year.
It has been recorded by over a hundred artists, notably Dionne Warwick, Wynonna Judd, The Carpenters, Diana Ross, McCoy Tyner, and The Supremes.
It was a top 5 song in American Idol season 2 in 2003.
It has been used in many film soundtracks, notably Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice (used as the film's closing theme song), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Forrest Gump.
It is also the title of a biography of Burt Bacharach & Hal David by Robin Platts.
Here are the lyrics:
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.
Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last till the end of time.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.
Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen, lord, if you want to know.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.
No, not just for some, oh, but just for everyone.
2007-07-28 16:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by Scottie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 'What The World Needs Now' by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, originally sung by Jackie DeShannon and covered by Dionne Warwick. It was covered later by Luther VanDross and Wynonna Judd among others.
2007-07-28 23:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dionne Warwick - What The World Needs Now (Is Love)
2007-07-28 23:24:08 · answer #3 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats the name of the song- what the world needs now....
Luther Vandross did a nice version of it.
2007-07-28 23:22:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mommyk232 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sweet love, it's the only thing that there's just too little of.
Forgot the name though.
2007-07-28 23:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by raja 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋