I’ve only had that feeling a couple of times, but with “Raindrops,” I just knew this thing would be big. I did it on the Academy Awards show.īH: Did you know or have any idea what would happen with this song?īT: Every time you go into the studio (you’re) hoping it will be great. It seemed like a Dylan song, but maybe not. I think he said he didn’t do that but there was a time where he did pitch it to Bob Dylan. Burt had written the melody for Bob Dylan. When I look back or talk about it, just about everything connected with that song was a good memory.
Just about everything about “Raindrops” was just about perfect. I just had “Hooked on a Feeling,” and I was feeling great as far as my music went. Professionally, I was so proud of that song. I wasn’t doing as well as I could have done. I was personally at a low point in my life. It’s just one of the great Hal David lyrics that is so simple, and sometimes the meaning has a deep statement to make.īH: Was that song important to you, and what you were going through in your life? Because it expressed freedom! You are exactly right.īT: You are right in perceiving that. The rain falls on everybody, but as long as you are free, everything is okay. Here, we have these outlaws that have finally found a little respite there out in the woods. About thirty minutes into the film is when it’s played, and there is not a raindrop in sight! I can’t think of a more perfect song because it’s about the character’s attitude.īT: It’s really a song about freedom. Thank goodness he got over that and admitted later that he felt he was wrong about that and that the song fit perfectly.īH: For the record, Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote the song but Robert Redford and Paul Newman star in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” And as I said, it beats all odds. That was his reason for objecting to having this song in the movie. They were making an artistic statement, but to us it was a great western, not necessarily an art film. The only instruments used on the film were on “Raindrops.” The entire film’s score was done vocally. (Robert) Redford… they were doing an art film, and the score was very different. The way I remember reading about it was that the execs at 20th Century Fox didn’t even want to use this song (in the movie).īT: Yeah, they didn’t. I was selling records at that time: “Hooked on a Feeling.” They gave me a shot, and it just was a beautiful experience.īH: That song beat a lot of odds. He said, “B.J., I had been trying to get a Kristofferson song for so long and I finally got it and it was coming out.” So what he did was basically the right thing. I always tell him that I don’t know how he could have done it. Thomas.īT: When I see Ray, I always thank him for passing me that song. I think he had recorded “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” and I think Ray regretted (not recording “Raindrops”), but this is just not the same song without B.J. I loved him, and I still admire him so much.īH: I’m friends with Ray Stevens. He told me in subsequent years that I had done the best of anyone who had recorded it as a cover. He went on with the ending, and he didn’t naturally love it, but he did eventually go for it. Bacharach heard it, he was directing and stopped and looked at me for what felt like about ten minutes. When I did it, everyone in the control room went nuts. The third time we went through, (I thought), “I am just going to do something on the end," and I just let it come to me. I had to sing with the programmers as tight as I could. It was just an awesome thing to be part of. We had like one hundred people in there, and of course Bacharach was directing and everything. That little nuance was something magic.īT: It was a little something. That was not the original plan, right?īH: By the way, I think that made a difference in the song. I don’t believe "Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head" is the same song without you. This is the second time in 250 episodes that we’re interviewing the artist. We only interview the songwriters (for this series).
In a conversation with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International, Thomas talked about the creative chances he took when recording the song, how he connected to its emotion, and the famous singer-songwriter who first turned it down.īart Herbison: I just have to tell you B.J., you are one of my favorite artists of all time…When you hold the microphone, there’s just some magic, and I just want to thank you for all the years of music from all the fans.
#WHO SANG RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD MOVIE#
The singer recorded the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition for the classic 1969 film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," making movie and pop music history in one fell swoop. Thomas didn't write "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head." He did, however, define it.
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