<Table> <Tr> <Td> "When You Walk in the Room" (1964) </Td> <Td> "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (1965) </Td> <Td> "A Lifetime of Loneliness" (1965) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "When You Walk in the Room" (1964) </Td> <Td> "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (1965) </Td> <Td> "A Lifetime of Loneliness" (1965) </Td> </Tr> <P> "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach . First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled . It peaked at number seven on the US Hot 100 in July of that year . In Canada, the song reached number one . </P> <P> The song was originally offered to Dionne Warwick, who turned it down at the time, though she later recorded it for her album Here Where There Is Love . (Warwick also recorded a second version in 1996, which scraped the lower reaches of the US Hot 100 .) Bacharach initially did not believe in the song, and was reluctant to play it for DeShannon . DeShannon's version was recorded on March 23, 1965, at New York's Bell Sound studios . Bacharach arranged, conducted and produced the session . </P>

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