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"Walk On By" Is A Song Composed By Burt Bacharach With Lyrics By Hal David For Dionne Warwick. It Was Recorded At The Same December 1963 Session That Yielded "Anyone Who Had A Heart" Which In 1964 Became Warwick's Second Top Ten Hit. Released In April Of That Year "Walk On By" Became A Landmark Single Reaching #6 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The Song Also Reached The Top 10 In A Brief Run On Billboard's Easy Listening Survey And Was A Number One Hit On Cashbox's R And B Chart Billboard Did Not Print Rhythm And Blues Charts During 1964 The Year Of The Song's Peak Performance. Like Many Of Warwick's 1960s Bacharach-Composed Singles "Walk On By" Was Heavily Covered In Different Ways Some Of Which Gained Significant Chart Success. One Notable Version Was By Funk/soul Musician Isaac Hayes Whose 1969 Cover On His Groundbreaking Album Hot Buttered Soul Was Transformed Into A Twelve-And-A-Half Minute Funk Vamp Breaking Ground For Singers To Release Songs Surpassing Five Minutes. In 1978 The Stranglers Recorded A Gritty Punk-Inspired Version That Hit #21 On The UK Charts. In 1982 Funk Singer D-Train Recorded A US-Only R&B Hit With The Song Mixing Up Warwick And Hayes' Versions. In 1990 Singer Sybil Who Had Scored Her Biggest Hit A Year Prior With A Cover Of Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over" Also Scored A US R&B Hit With This Song.