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It was the early 1960s, and he\u2019d written the lyrics: \u201cWhat the world needs now is love, sweet love. \/ It\u2019s the only thing that there\u2019s just too little of.\u201d No matter how many times he tried, he couldn\u2019t come up with the verses to match the chorus and finally set aside the song in despair.<\/p>\n<p>A couple years later, David was driving from his home on Long Island, New York, to Manhattan to work with his partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/music\/burt-bacharach-musical-giant-turns-92\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burt Bacharach<\/a>. Suddenly it hit him: The song was <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/inspirational-prayers\/to-sing-is-to-pray-twice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addressed to God<\/a>! As soon as he could, David wrote, \u201cLord, we don\u2019t need another mountain,\u201d and the rest of the lyrics flowed from there.<\/p>\n<p>After Bacharach put a melody to the words, the team showed Dionne Warwick, who had already recorded many of their songs.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, however, Warwick turned them down.<\/p>\n<p>David and Bacharach then offered the song to Jackie DeShannon, who snapped it up and released her recording in 1965. \u201cWhat the World Needs Now Is Love\u201d reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.<\/p>\n<p>Warwick changed her mind and later covered the song\u2014as did The Supremes, Petula Clark, Luther Vandross and even Bacharach himself. The <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/music\/12-uplifting-songs-from-inspiring-black-musicians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uplifting anthem<\/a> has been performed in more than 220 films and TV shows.<\/p>\n<p>Following the assassination of Robert F. 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