Alfie

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	"Alfie" (Cher version)
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"Alfie" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

It was featured during the end credits of the U.S. release of the 1966 film Alfie, sung by Cher in an arrangement by Sonny Bono. Later U.K. releases of the film featured a performance of the song by Cilla Black.

In 1966, Cher released Alfie as a single on the Imperial label. This version became a top forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Also in 1966, Cilla Black released her version of "Alfie" as a single. It became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number nine, and was also a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

On the Billboard adult contemporary chart, two further versions competed in 1966. While Carmen McRae took her version to number 29 on that chart, the version by Joanie Sommers enjoyed greater success, peaking at number nine.

In 1967, Dionne Warwick released her recording of the song as a single. This version outperformed both Black's and Cher's in the United States, going all the way to number 15 on the Hot 100 and number five on the Billboard R&B chart.

In 1968, Stevie Wonder released a harmonica instrumental version. This version made the Hot 100, peaking at number 66, and it was also a top twenty adult contemporary hit. Wonder's single was made for Gordy Records, and released under the easily decoded pseudonym, Eivets Rednow.

Other artists to record versions of "Alfie" include several versions by Bacharach himself, Vikki Carr, The Delfonics, Bill Evans, Percy Faith, Blossom Dearie, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Getz, Dick Hyman, Jack Jones, The Anita Kerr Singers, Johnny Mathis, Brad Mehldau, Matt Monro, Mina Mazzini, Olivia Newton-John, Elaine Paige, Buddy Rich, Joss Stone (for the 2004 remake of Alfie), Barbra Streisand, The Sweet Inspirations, McCoy Tyner, Patricia Barber, Midge Ure, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson and Vanessa L. Williams.

In a deleted scene from the movie Austin Powers in Goldmember, the song is parodied, with "Austin" replacing "Alfie" in the lyric. Alfie is sung by most of the main characters. Michael Caine, who plays Austin Powers' father, also played the character Alfie in the original 1966 movie, and scenes from the film appear in the background while he is singing.