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Written by Burt Bacharach, also Dangerous (David Guetta), Baby It’s You (Carpenters) and Somebody’s Been Lyin’ (Carpenters)
Released on Imperial, also Bus Stop (The Hollies), Lonesome Town (Rick Nelson) and My Blue Heaven (Fats Domino)
Part of This Is Jackie De Shannon, also A Lifetime of Loneliness
Written by Hal David, also Me Against the World (2Pac), I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) and A House Is Not a Home (Luther Vandross)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Burt Bacharach wrote 235 songs on fono
Hal David wrote 172 songs on fono
Burt Bacharach’s most frequent co-writer is Hal David (147 songs together)
Burt Bacharach first appears on fono in 1957, 8 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Part of
- This Is Jackie De Shannon
- Released on
- Imperial
- Written by
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Part of
- This Is Jackie De Shannon
- Released on
- Imperial
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Same writer: Hal David
Same label: Imperial
Same release: This Is Jackie De Shannon
Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Same writer: Hal David
Same label: Imperial
Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz What the World Needs Now Is Love was written by Burt Bacharach
What the World Needs Now Is Love was written by Burt Bacharach
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz What the World Needs Now Is Love was written by Hal David
What the World Needs Now Is Love was written by Hal David
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz What the World Needs Now Is Love is part of the release This Is Jackie De Shannon
What the World Needs Now Is Love is part of the release This Is Jackie De Shannon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Imperial is the label of the song What the World Needs Now Is Love
Imperial is the label of the song What the World Needs Now Is Love
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5MusicBrainz What the World Needs Now Is Love was released on 1965-04-15
What the World Needs Now Is Love was released on 1965-04-15
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026