The title melody from the Paramount Picture movie "Alfie" was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1965. In order to generate more interest for the film in the USA, United Artists decided to record a new version of the piece for the American version of the soundtrack.

The choice fell on Cher, whose version was released in June 1966 in the USA and reached number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dionne Warwick also recorded the song for her album "Here Where There Is Love", which was released...