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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 at the time. The composers agreed to submit an "Alfie" song if they could complete it within three weeks. Bacharach, in California, was inspired by a rough cut of the film about the Cockney womanizer played by Michael Caine. Bacharach felt that: "with 'Alfie' the lyric had to come first because it had to say what that movie was all about". David utilized one of Caine's lines, "What's it all about?
This song is by Dionne Warwick and appears…. Hal David. Lyrics licensed by LyricFind. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. This song is a cover of " Alfie " by Cilla Black. You must enable javascript to view this page.
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