Is a song by Burt Bacharach & Hal David. The first time I heard the song was by Elvis Costello, from his "sort of punk" years:
In those days - I was still in high school - I was pretty earnest about my Elvis Costello studies, so I recall being particularly moved by the lines:
Like a summer rose
Needs the sun & rain
I need your sweet love
To beat all the pain
It was my first experience with the brilliance of Hal David's lyrics.
Later on, of course, I heard the version lots of folks think is definitive, which is Dusty Springfield's:
Although there are those who prefer Dionne Warwick's:
Maybe because it was produced by Bacharach himself?
Is it weird I still prefer Elvis Costello's? & no, I can't listen to the White Stripes version. Nope.
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