Deja Vu
Dionne Warwick
1980
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1979
Release: 1979Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording is documented in the 1979 release history of Dionne. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
The Definitive Collection - scoped original Arista recording fields
The individual I'll Never Love This Way Again and Deja Vu items retain original 1979 dates. Their full original productions are selected. Many unrelated items carry an implausible inherited 1972 field; those fields and the 1999 anthology date are explicitly excluded.
About Dionne Warwick
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Dionne Warwick brought a distinctive contralto and precise phrasing to the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in the early 1960s. Anyone Who Had a Heart and Walk On By are landmarks of that partnership. Her later work extended through R&B, jazz and soft-rock ballads, including I'll Never Love This Way Again. Across these settings, her recordings connect pop melody with gospel and soul vocal traditions.
Artist background sources
Dionne Warwick - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Vocal range and phrasing, Bacharach-David collaboration, representative recordings and later R&B/jazz/soft-rock directions. The source's album-date and B-side anecdote are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Deja Vu by Dionne Warwick appears at number 84 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1980. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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