Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) Alfie (Burt Bacharach song) "Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David to promote the 1966 film "Alfie". The song was a major hit for Cilla Black (UK) and Dionne Warwick (US). Although Bacharach has cited "Alfie" as his personal favorite of his compositions, he and Hal David were not eager to write a song to promote the film "Alfie" (a release from Paramount Pictures, which owned Famous Music) when approached by Ed Wolpin of the Composers' Guild. David thought the title character's name pedestrian: "Writing a song about a man called 'Alfie' didn't seem too exciting
Michael Caine (song) and featured a light bulb being shot as seen in the title sequence from the television spy series Callan. The video took longer to complete than usual, due to being shot on 35mm film as opposed to 16mm. As a result, Mike Barson is absent for much of the video; he had a plane to catch, and could not stay for the whole filming session. The video was a departure from most Madness videos up to that point, as it was not overtly humorous. Michael Caine (song) "Michael Caine" is a song by British band Madness, released on 30 January