Wishin' and Hopin' for Springfield in Australia (#2), New Zealand (#3), South Africa (#2), and Canada (#2). Ani DiFranco's rendition of this song recorded in 1995 and released in November 1995, was featured over the opening credits of the film, "My Best Friend's Wedding". That film, along with the "Austin Powers" films, is suggested to have led to the renewed popularity of the Bacharach-David catalog. 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
Don't Say You Love Me (M2M song) Records and they were signed to a worldwide contract in 1998. They held a competition for fans to come up with a new name for their duo, and one girl suggested M2M. Raven and Larsen were 14 and 15 years old, respectively, when they recorded the tracks from their debut album "Shades of Purple", including their debut single, "Don't Say You Love Me". The music and lyrics were written by Raven, Larsen, Peter Zizzo and Jimmy Bralower. It was produced by Zizzo and Bralower and was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge. "Don't Say You Love Me" is performed in a 4/4