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
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me One of the earliest non-English renderings of "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" was the Finnish "En koskaan" recorded by Kristina Hautala on May 24, 1966: entering the Finnish Top Ten in November 1966 - in effect succeeding Springfield's version which had peaked at No.6 in Finland earlier that month - "En koskaan" spent eleven weeks in the Top Ten peaking at No.6. Subsequently "En koskaan" was remade by Lea Laven on her 1978 album release "Aamulla Rakkaani Näin", by Kurre () on his 1979 album "Jäit Sateen Taa", by Mika Pohjonen () on his 1993 self-titled album