<P> "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song . David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score . The song was recorded by B.J. Thomas in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six . In the film version of the song, Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound hoarser than in the 7 - inch release . The film version featured a separate vaudeville - style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts . </P> <P> The single by B.J. Thomas reached number 1 on charts in the United States, Canada, Norway and reached number 38 in the UK Singles Chart . It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American number - one hit of the 1970s . The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart . Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970 . According to Billboard magazine, Thomas' single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with eight - track and cassette versions also climbing the charts . </P> <P> Ray Stevens was first offered the opportunity to record it for the film, but turned it down . He chose instead to record the song "Sunday Morning Coming Down", written by Kris Kristofferson . Bob Dylan is supposed to have been approached for the song, but he, too, reportedly declined . The trumpet solos in the song are performed by Chuck Findley . </P> <P> In 2004, it finished at number 23 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema . In 2008, the single was ranked 85th on Billboard's Hot 100 All - Time Top Songs and placed 95th in the 55th Anniversary edition of the All - Time Hot 100 list in 2013 . Billboard Magazine also ranked the song 15th on its Top 50 Movie Songs of All Time list in 2014 . </P>

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