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Dj Vu (Dionne Warwick song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Dj Vu'" is a hit 1979 ballad written by Isaac Hayes with lyricist Adrienne Anderson, recorded by Dionne Warwick for her album 'Dionne' which Barry Manilow produced. The song won Warwick a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 22nd Grammy Awards.
Background
Isaac Hayes had written the tune for "Dj Vu" in 1977 while touring with Warwick on the 'A Man and a Woman' Tour: Warwick would recall then hearing Hayes play the tune which he had entitled "Dj Vu" without writing lyrics and as she and Barry Manilow began preparing for the January 1979 recording sessions for the 'Dionne' album, Warwick solicited a tape of "Dj Vu" from Hayes to play for Manilow, who recruited his own regular lyricist Adrienne Anderson to write the words.
Chart performance
Issued in November 1979 as the album's second single following up Warwick's top ten comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "Dj Vu" rose to number 15 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100, number 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1980. "Dj Vu" was Warwick's fifth and last Top 40 single of her 1970s period and her second top 40 single following the release of "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in the five years since her number-one single, "Then Came You", featuring The Spinners.
Charts
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Other versions
The song has also been recorded by Ethel Ennis (album 'Live at the Maryland Inn'/ 1980), Jack Jones (album 'Don't Stop Now'/ 1980),'Pittsburgh Press' 10 August 1980 "'No Night' Newest Hit For Dionne" by Lee W. Collins p.J-7 Trudy Kerr (album 'Dj Vu: Songs From My Past'/ 2008), and by guitarist Peter White (album 'Playin' Favorites'/ 2006) with vocalist Kiki Ebsen.
See also
*List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)
References
Category:1979 singles
Category:1979 songs
Category:1970s ballads
Category:Dionne Warwick songs
Category:Pop ballads
Category:Rhythm and blues ballads
Category:Songs written by Isaac Hayes
Category:Songs written by Adrienne Anderson
Category:Arista Records singles
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