Thomas, who died Saturday at age 78, included curious lyrics like: "Raindrops are falling on my head / And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed / Nothing seems to fit. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Lyrics by B.J. Bacharach earned another Oscar for his film score (two of the four Academy Awards "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" would take home).īacharach understands the misgivings. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, earning Bacharach and David an Oscar in 1970. History has proven it was a good thing that director George Roy Hill insisted on keeping the song. "At the time, it seemed like a dumb idea. How wrong I was, as it turned out to be a giant hit.” Raindrops keep falling on my head, they keep falling But theres one thing I know The blues they send to meet me, wont defeat me, It wont be long till happiness steps up to greet me. Raindrops are falling on my head And just like the guy whose are too big for his bed a) feet. “When the film was released, I was highly critical – how did the song fit with the film? There was no rain," Redford says. Robert Redford's last ride: The acting legend talks 'Old Man & the Gun' 23 Released on: Auto-generated by YouTube.
Thomas dies at 78: The 'Hooked on a Feeling,' 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' singer had battled lung cancer Provided to YouTube by Raindrops keep on falling on my head Redford comes clean in a statement to USA TODAY.ī.J. "I found out much later that the entire board over at 20th Century Fox didn’t like the song, and Robert Redford didn’t like it too much, either," says Bacharach, 93. Intro F C Bb C / Verse 1 F Fmaj7 Raindrops keep falling on my head F7 Bb Am And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, D7 Am D7 Gm7 Bb C. 23, 1969.īeloved now, the song's inclusion was so controversial at the time that studio executives and Redford – who broke out as a superstar with his performance as the prepossessing, sharp-shooting Sundance Kid – were the song's leading critics. A Western centered on two 19th-century outlaws is not where you'd expect to find a ukulele-heavy song called "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."īut more than 50 years ago, Burt Bacharach and Hal David's whimsical ditty featured prominently in Paul Newman and Robert Redford's classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," which premiered on Sept.
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