The songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal Davis wrote this song. Bacharach came up with the music, and David wrote the lyrics about a woman asking her former lover to leave her alone.
This was released as the B-side to Warwick's single "Any Old Time Of The Day." She'd had several releases that went nowhere, and her latest tune was, in the opinion of her label, her manager, and herself, her last shot at making the Top 40. Murray the K, whose show on radio station WINS was the top-rated program in New York, wouldn't play it. No matter how many people called and pleaded with him, he played the B-side instead because he knew that was the tune with potential. Warwick's record company wasn't happy with this, but listeners agreed with Murray and "Walk On By" became the hit.
Isaac Hayes did a 12-minute version on his album Hot Buttered Soul. A punk band called The Stranglers also recorded it.
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