Breakfast in Bed

"Breakfast in Bed"
"Breakfast in Bed"
Single by Dusty Springfield
from the album Dusty in Memphis
A-side	"Don't Forget About Me"
B-side	"Breakfast in Bed"
Released	1969
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	2:57
Songwriter(s)	Eddie Hinton, Donnie Fritts
Dusty Springfield singles chronology

"Breakfast in Bed" is a soul–R&B song written by Muscle Shoals songwriters Eddie Hinton and Donnie Fritts for Dusty Springfield. It takes a knowing spin on the line "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", the title of a song that had previously been a number one hit for her in the UK. After being released on her 1969 album Dusty in Memphis, it was recorded and popularized the same year by Baby Washington.

Harry J produced three reggae versions in 1972: Lorna Bennett; Scotty; Bongo Herman (see list below).

Springfield's version was featured in the 2014 movie Godzilla.

Selective list of recorded versions[]

1969 Dusty Springfield on the album Dusty in Memphis
1969 Baby Washington, Cotillion single
1969/1970? Hortense Ellis - first rocksteady reggae version with brother Alton Ellis – re-released in 1991 on Heartbeat records
1971 Shirley Bassey on the album Something Else
1972 Lorna Bennett - early reggae version
1972 "Skank in Bed" by Scotty [DJ version]
1972 "African Breakfast (In Bed)" by Bongo Herman & the Harry J All Stars
1979 Sheila Hylton; reached #57 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979^[1]
1988 UB40 (featuring Chrissie Hynde) on their self-titled album; reached #6 in the UK charts.
2004 Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls on the soundtrack to 50 First Dates;
2007 Joan Osborne on the album Breakfast in Bed
2008 Shelby Lynne on her Dusty Springfield tribute album, Just a Little Lovin'
2012 Wussy on their split single with Heartless Bastards.

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 264. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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