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 (#6), "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" was twice a hit for Presley in the British Isles with its original release reaching #9 in the UK and #17 in Ireland, in which territories the track's 2007 re-release charted with respective peaks of #16 and #29. "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" has been recorded by many artists, including: The Italian original "Io che non vivo" has been remade by Milva, Morgan (album "Italian Songbook Vol 2"/ 2012), and Russell Watson (album "La Voce"/ 2010): also Patrizio Buanne recorded "Io Che Non Vivo (You Don't Have to