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
Why Do You Love Me and first since "I Think I'm Paranoid" peaked at number six in September 1998. Across the Atlantic, the song was Garbage's first top 10 single on the UK Singles Chart since "When I Grow Up" peaked at number nine in January 1999. "Why Do You Love Me" propelled the "Bleed Like Me" album to the top five in Australia, United Kingdom and in the United States, where the album debuted at a career-high number four. In 2007, "Why Do You Love Me" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album "Absolute Garbage". "Why Do You Love Me" was written