Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score. The song was recorded by B. J. Thomas in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six. In the film version of the song, Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound hoarser than in the 7-inch release. The film version featured a separate vaudeville-style instrumental
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Andy Williams album) by Andy Williams." From the liner notes for the 2002 CD: In his review of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" on AllMusic.com, William Ruhlmann notes that the "LP's catalog number is out of sequence with his other releases, and it may well be that an earlier version was pulled back, since hits like the title track and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' appear to have been added at the last minute and the recording sessions stretch across more than a year." From the liner notes for "The Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection": From the liner notes for the original album: