Déjà Vu (Dionne Warwick song)

"Déjà Vu" is a hit 1979 ballad written by Isaac Hayes with lyricist Adrienne Anderson, recorded by Dionne Warwick for her album Dionne which Barry Manilow produced.

"Déjà Vu"
Single by Dionne Warwick
from the album Dionne
B-side"All the Time"
ReleasedNovember 1979
RecordedJanuary 1979
GenreR&B, disco
Length4:06
5:07
3:51
Songwriter(s)Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Anderson
Producer(s)Barry Manilow
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
"I'll Never Love This Way Again"
(1979)		 "Déjà Vu"
(1979)		 "After You"
(1980)

Background

Isaac Hayes had written the tune for "Déjà Vu" in 1977 which year he toured with Warwick on the A Man and a Woman Tour: Warwick would recall then hearing Hayes play the tune - which he had entitled "Déjà Vu" without writing lyrics for it - and as she and Barry Manilow began preparing for the January 1979 recording sessions for the Dionne album, Warwick solicited a tape of "Déjà Vu" from Hayes to play for Manilow, who recruited his own regular lyricist Adrienne Anderson to write words for Hayes' tune.[1]

Issued in November 1979 as the album's second single - following up Warwick's Top Ten comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again" - "Déjà Vu" rose to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 25 on the soul chart,[2] and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1980.[3] Warwick won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Déjà Vu".

"Déjà Vu" was Warwick's fifth and last Top 40 single of her 1970s period and her second top 40 single following the release of "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in the five years since her number-one single, "Then Came You", featuring The Spinners.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Other versions

The song has also been recorded by Ethel Ennis (album Live at the Maryland Inn/ 1980),[8] Jack Jones (album Don't Stop Now/ 1980),[9] Trudy Kerr (album Déjà Vu: Songs From My Past/ 2008),[10] and by guitarist Peter White (album Playin' Favorites/ 2006) with vocalist Kiki Ebsen.[11]

See also

References
  1. Billboard 14 August 1979 "Warwick Comeback on Records Indicating 'People Still Care': singer reborn - happy again" by Paul Grein p.32
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 610.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 254.
  4. RPM Adult Contemporary, February 9, 198
  5. "Top 100 1980-02-16". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  6. "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  7. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1980". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/02/11/prez-and-accounted-for/28273cd3-50cc-479f-8edd-f58dc90b2356/
  9. Pittsburgh Press 10 August 1980 "'No Night' Newest Hit For Dionne" by Lee W. Collins p.J-7
  10. http://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/trudy-kerr-deja-vu-songs-from-my-past/
  11. https://www.discogs.com/Peter-White-Playin-Favorites/release/1348209
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