Wishin' and Hopin' Wishin' and Hopin' "Wishin' and Hopin'" is a song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, which was a Top 10 hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964. The song was first recorded by Dionne Warwick in the fall of 1962, and was the B-side of Warwick's single "This Empty Place" (also recorded in the fall of 1962) in the spring of 1963; the track was also featured on Warwick's debut album "Presenting Dionne Warwick". Warwick's rendition became a charting single in France, reaching #79 in 1963. Dusty Springfield, who had heard the Warwick album track, recorded "Wishin' and Hopin in
So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore received a "thumbs up" from "Engine 145" reviewer Juli Thanki, who called it "his best single in at least half a decade." The music video, which premiered in January 2012, was directed by Steven Goldmann and filmed at Coney Island. The video is Alan Jackson's second time in which he appears without his trademark mustache. "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" debuted at number 58 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 28, 2012. So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" is a