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Discover the story of the song > Walk on By – Isaac Hayes

Who sang Walk on By?

Release date: 23/9/1969

Duration: 12:0

Producer(s): Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes released the song Walk on By. Date of release: 23/9/1969.

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The meaning of the song 'Walk on By ', based on the lyrics

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🎶 Walk on By song analysis

The song is about a man struggling to get over a breakup and begging the woman to leave so he doesn't have to see her and remember the hurt she caused him.

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Isaac Hayes - Short Biography

- Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. was an American singer, actor, songwriter and composer.
- Creative force behind the southern soul music label Stax Records.
- He teamed up with his partner David Porter in the mid-1960s to write many songs for themselves and others.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

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Walk on By is a song performed by Isaac Hayes. It was written by Hayes and David Porter, and produced by Hayes. The song was released as a single in 1969, and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

Walk on By was written in response to a song of the same name written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Bacharach and David wrote the original song in 1964 for Dionne Warwick, who then recorded it. The song was a hit, reaching the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Hayes and Porter were inspired by Bacharach and David's song when they wrote Walk on By. They sought to create a song that would live up to the original song, and also be a commercial success.

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