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 release, by Harri Marstio () on his 1993 album release "Sateenkaaren pää", and by Topi Sorsakoski on his 1997 album release "Kalliovuorten kuu". "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" has also been rendered in Croatian as "Moju ljubav nisi hteo" recorded by Nada Knežević () and also as "Nemoj reći da me voliš" recorded by Sanjalice; in Czech as "Hledej k mému srdci klíč" recorded by Eva Pilarová, and also as "Jarní Víra" recorded by Laďka Kozderková (); in Danish as "Du Kan Gi' Mig Hele Verden" recorded by Grethe Ingmann, and also as "Jeg har ikke brug