Déjà Vu (Dionne Warwick song)

"Déjà 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.

"Déjà Vu"
Single by Dionne Warwick
from the album Dionne
B-side	"All the Time"
Released	November 1979
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	5:06 (CD version) 4:06 (album version) 3:40 (single edit)
Songwriter(s)	Isaac Hayes Adrienne Anderson
Producer(s)	Barry Manilow
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" (1979) "Déjà Vu" (1979) "After You" (1980)

Background

Isaac Hayes had written the tune for "Déjà 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 "Déjà 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 "Déjà Vu" from Hayes to play for Manilow, who recruited his own regular lyricist Adrienne Anderson to write the words.^[1]

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" – "Déjà Vu" rose to number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,^[2] and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1980.^[3] "Déjà 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

Weekly charts Chart (1979–80) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 69 Canadian Top Singles (RPM) 34 Canadian Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 7 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 45 US Billboard Hot 100[7] 15 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8] 1 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 25 US Cashbox Top 100[10] 11

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Rank US Billboard Hot 100[11] 84 US Cashbox Top 100[12] 73

Other versions

The song has also been recorded by Ethel Ennis (album Live at the Maryland Inn/ 1980),^[13] Jack Jones (album Don't Stop Now/ 1980),^[14] Trudy Kerr (album Déjà Vu: Songs From My Past/ 2008),^[15] and by guitarist Peter White (album Playin' Favorites/ 2006) with vocalist Kiki Ebsen.^[16]

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)

References

1. Grein, Paul (4 August 1979). "Warwick Comeback on Records Indicating 'People Still Care'". Billboard. p. 32.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 610.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 254.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "Item". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
6. "Dionne Warwick – Déjà Vu". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
7. "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
8. "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
9. "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
10. "Top 100 1980-02-16". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
11. "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
12. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1980". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
13. "'Prez' and Accounted for - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
14. Pittsburgh Press 10 August 1980 "'No Night' Newest Hit For Dionne" by Lee W. Collins p.J-7
15. "Trudy Kerr - Deja Vu: Songs from My Past | Review | The Jazz Mann". Thejazzmann.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
16. "Peter White – Playin' Favorites (2006, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.