Don’t Make Me Over

E777798
single song

"Don’t Make Me Over" is a 1962 soul-pop song that became Dionne Warwick’s breakthrough hit and a defining early example of the Burt Bacharach–Hal David sound.

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Don’t Make Me Over canonical 4
Don't Make Me Over 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dionne Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hal David NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPositionUSPop 21 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 5 ⓘ
chronologyNextTitle This Empty Place NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyNextYear 1963 ⓘ
composer Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBSide I Smiled Yesterday NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Jennifer Warnes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swing Out Sister NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sybil NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn 1960s pop-soul ballads ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle Burt Bacharach–Hal David sound ⓘ
hasNotableFeature complex Bacharach chord changes ⓘ
emotionally direct lyrics ⓘ
orchestral pop arrangement ⓘ
includedIn various Dionne Warwick compilation albums ⓘ
isBreakthroughWorkOf Dionne Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
isEarlyExampleOf Burt Bacharach–Hal David sound ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3:20 ⓘ
lyricist Hal David NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor early success of Bacharach–David songwriting team ⓘ
establishing Dionne Warwick's signature style ⓘ
originalMedium 7-inch single ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1962 ⓘ
partOf Dionne Warwick discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Dionne Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hal David NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedBy Dionne Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingYear 1962 ⓘ
recordLabel Scepter Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1962-10-27 ⓘ
subjectMatter plea for acceptance in a romantic relationship ⓘ
vocalist Dionne Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hal David NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Marie Dionne Warrick → notableWork → Don’t Make Me Over ⓘ
subject surface form: Dionne Warwick
The Swinging Blue Jeans → notableWork → Don’t Make Me Over ⓘ
The Swinging Blue Jeans → notableSong → Don’t Make Me Over ⓘ
The Swinging Blue Jeans → performerOf → Don’t Make Me Over ⓘ
Glee: The Music, Volume 2 → includesWork → Don’t Make Me Over ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don't Make Me Over