I have long … and I do mean long, like since I was about 12 or 13, some 50+ years ago … been a fan of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
This Guy’s in Love with You is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and recorded by Herb Alpert. Although known primarily for his trumpet playing as the leader of the Tijuana Brass, Alpert sang lead vocals on this solo recording, arranged by Bacharach.
As documented in an A&E Biography episode featuring Bacharach, the recording originated when Alpert, while visiting at Bacharach’s office, asked, “Say, Burt, do you happen to have any old compositions lying around that you and Hal never recorded; maybe one I might be able to use?” Alpert said he made it his practice to ask songwriters that particular question: often a “lost pearl” was revealed. As it happened, Bacharach recalled one, found the lyrics and score sheet in his office filing cabinet, and offered it to Alpert: “Here, Herb … you might like this one.”
Alpert’s previous material consisted of instrumental songs recorded with The Tijuana Brass Band. This, released in 1968, was his first released on A&M Records that contained vocals.
Alpert sang this to his first wife in a 1968 TV special called The Beat of the Brass; the sequence was taped on the beach in Malibu. The song was not intended to be released, but after it was used in the TV special, thousands of telephone calls to CBS asking about it convinced label owner Alpert to release it as a single two days after the show aired.
The song hit #1 in the U.S. and Canada, and #3 in the UK. In 1969, Dionne Warwick’s version, This Girl’s in Love With You, peaked at #7 in the US.
This Guy’s In Love With You
Herb Alpert
You see this guy, this guy’s in love with you
Yes I’m in love who looks at you the way I do
When you smile I can tell it know each other very well
How can I show you I’m glad I got to know you ’cause
I’ve heard some talk they say you think I’m fine
Yes I’m in love and what I’d do to make you mine
Tell me now is it so don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’ don’t let my heart keep breaking ’cause
I need your love, I want your love
Say you’re in love and you’ll be my girl, if not I’ll just die
Tell me now is it so don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’ don’t let my heart keep breaking ’cause
I need your love, I want your love
Say you’re in love and you’ll be my girl, if not I’ll just die
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Burt F. Bacharach / Hal David
This Guy’s in Love With You lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
Great song!
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I do love this one! Glad you did too!
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Yes!
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I believe it was the ‘brass’ thing. They were really into groups, like The Beatles, Hermans Hermits, the Monkees, you know. He was too regular I suppose. My Mom loved it though. But she also loved The Lennon Sisters and Lawrence Welk. 😉
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Your mom sounds like mine … she did like Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, but was a bigger fan of Sinatra, and even Arthur Godfrey 😱
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Oh no, not Artie! 🤦♀️Mine also loved Dean Martin and Tom Jones. 😉
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LOVE, LOVE….LOVE this song!!!!!! Such great memories!!!!!! Thanks for sharing, Jill!!!! 💙👍💙
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My pleasure … I’m so glad you loved it and that it brought good memories! How are you doing, my friend? Hope all is well in your world … or as well as possible under the present circumstances! Hugs!!! ❤
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Hanging in there! Hope you are well! HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 💙
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Good to know, my friend! I’m okay, well enough for an old, old woman! 👵 Happy Thanksgiving to you, Patty! ❤
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Sounds best for calming down after a very dark clouded day, here. How i am hating the days before winter, without sun. ;-( Enjoy your day, Jill! I will put on my artifical sun device! 😉 Michael
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I know what you mean … a cloudy, cold day seems to make it hard to find a smile anywhere. Yes, definitely an artificial sun device is needed these days! It started out grey and gloomy here, but by noon the sun was shining … amazing how much better my mood was once the sun came out!
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Congrats to the sun. Here we are now totally in a fog hole, and the microwave rays of the GSM internet connection are trying to find the receiver. 😉 Just learning something about physics, and how bad fog can be. 😉
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I’m so sorry for your fog! Our day has been cloudy and c-c-cold! But, it is nearly winter, so what more can we expect. You have lost me on the GSM and physics … science, while I respect it, was never my strong suit!
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Thank you, Jill! Its not really a problem with the fog. I always only have to activate another antenna on the roof top. 😉 Dont ask me to much about physics. I am very interested in, but too much mathematics is not mine. 😉
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Great song. I too have a long association with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Thanks, Jill
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I’m so glad you liked it, John!
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A golden oldie!
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I’m glad you liked it!
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This is a terrific song.
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I’m so glad you liked it!
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Good one!
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Glad you liked it!
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I was young when it came out and my older sisters, in their teens, didn’t like it but I did.
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Hmmmm … I’m sort of surprised your older sisters didn’t like it. It’s a very romantic piece!
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A lovely sweet song. Huge *LIKE* ❤
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