Bette Midler

Released: November 1, 2014

Songwriter: Barney Williams Burt Bacharach Mack David

Producer: Marc Shaiman Scott M. Riesett

It's not the way you smile that touched my heart
(Sha la la la la)
It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart

[Chorus 1]
Uh, oh, many, many, many nights go by
I sit alone at home and I cry over you
What can I do
Can't help myself, myself 'cause baby, it's you
Baby, it's you
(sha la la la la)

You should hear what they say about you, "cheat," "cheat" (sha la la la la)
They say, they say you never never ever been true. (cheat cheat)

[Chorus 2]
Uh oh
It doesn't matter what they say
I know I'm gonna love you any old way
What can I do, and it's true
Don't want nobody, nobody, oh baby, it's you
Baby, it's you. (sha la la la la la la)
(sha la la la la la la)

Uh oh
It doesn't matter what they say
I know I'm gonna love you any old way
What can I do, when it's true
I don't want nobody, nobody, oh, oh baby, it's you
Baby, it's you
Don't leave me all alone...

Baby, it's you...

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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