Odds and Ends (song)

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"Odds and Ends"
Odds and Ends - Dionne Warwick.jpg
Single by Dionne Warwick
B-side"As Long As There's an Apple Tree"
ReleasedJuly 1969
GenrePop
Length3:21
LabelScepter
Songwriter(s)Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Producer(s)Bacharach-David
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
"The April Fools"
(1969) 		"Odds and Ends"
(1969) 		"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
(1969)

"Odds and Ends" is a 1969 song by Dionne Warwick, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was released as a non-album single. Narrowly missing the U.S. Billboard Top 40, it reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts of Canada and the U.S., where it peaked at number seven.

This song features a Whistler, heard in the intro, instrumental section, and the outro, before the song's fade, sections of the song.

In the song, the narrator wakes up, finding the bed empty and the closet bare, only to find an empty tube of toothpaste, as well as a half filled cup of coffee. the narrator misses the lover's presence, suspecting that it was a love affair.

The song was covered by Johnny Mathis on his 1970 LP, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.

Chart history[]

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 76
Canada RPM Top Singles 40
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 43
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 7
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [2] 31

References[]

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 30, 1969". Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

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