Odds and Ends (song)

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B-side"As Long As There's an Apple Tree"
ReleasedJuly 1969
Length3:21
"Odds and Ends"
Single by Dionne Warwick
B-side"As Long As There's an Apple Tree"
ReleasedJuly 1969
GenrePop
Length3:21
LabelScepter
Songwriter(s)Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Producer(s)Bacharach-David
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
"The April Fools"
(1969)
"Odds and Ends"
(1969)
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
(1969)

"Odds and Ends" is a 1969 song by Dionne Warwick, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was released as a non-album single. Narrowly missing the U.S. Billboard Top 40, it reached the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts of Canada and the U.S., where it peaked at number seven.

This song features a Whistler, heard in the intro, instrumental section, and the outro, before the song's fade, sections of the song.

In the song, the narrator wakes up, finding the bed empty and the closet bare, only to find an empty tube of toothpaste, as well as a half filled cup of coffee. the narrator misses the lover's presence, surrounded by the "odds and ends of a beautiful love affair."

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 76
Canada RPM Top Singles 40
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 20
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 43
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 7
US Cash Box Top 100 [2] 31

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