What the World Needs Now Is Love
1965 single written by Bacharach & David
What the World Needs Now Is Love
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty Records the previous month was canceled. It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year. In Canada, the song reached number one. In 2008, the 1965 recording by DeShannon on Imperial Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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