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Brit-Award winner Gabrielle made No. 7 in January '97 with this cover of Dionne Warwick's classic 'Walk On By'... Her other Top Ten smashes include 'Dreams', 'Give Me A Little More Time' and 'If You Ever' (with East 17).
The second highest-charting version of this song (Sybil took it to Number 5) and the only one ever to show up on a Now! album. Compared to the last Burt Bacharach composition I wrote about here ('On My Own'), this is of course a fine song, bolstered by Hal David's passive-agressive lyric; it's a pity that his contribution seemed somewhat overlooked in the big Bacharach revival of the 1990s. But you knew this was a good song, and you probably knew she was going to sing it well too, though if you didn't this Totp version with a live vocal might prove the point.
It gets a good production in the style of Nellee Hooper (I don't think it actually was him, but there's no credit in the booklet for this track) and the only problem is, it seems so utterly pointless. At least, it's not bringing enough new to the song to seem worth releasing as a single, but it's a decent album track.
Also appearing on: Now 25, 26, 27, 33, 35 (with East 17), 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 58
Available on: I Am Stressed
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