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
Say You, Say Me Say You, Say Me "Say You, Say Me" is a song written and recorded by Lionel Richie for the film "White Nights", starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. The single hit number 1 in the US and on the R&B singles chart in December 1985. It became Richie's ninth number one on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart. The track is not available on the soundtrack album to the film, because Motown did not want Richie's first single since the "Can't Slow Down" album to appear on another record label. It finally appeared on the "Dancing on the Ceiling" album released