"Make It Easy On Yourself" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Written in 1962 and originally intended for Dionne Warwick, it was instead offered to Jerry Butler whose version went to number eighteen on the R&B singles and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100. . Warwick's disappointed reaction to having the song go to Butler, was later fashioned by Bacharach and David into her first single, "Don't Make Me Over", which became Warwick's first hit single, reaching #21 on the Billboard chart.

Subsequent recordings

• Two other hit versions of "Make It Easy On Yourself" are of note. In 1965, The Walker Brothers took their version to #1 on the UK Singles Chart for a week in September 1965. It also reached #16 in the U.S.
• Then in 1970, Warwick - the original intended recipient of the song - covered "Make It Easy On Yourself" (in a concert version) and had a hit with it, reaching #37 in the U.S. and #24 in Canada.
• In 2001, The Walker Brothers version of the song was sampled extensively by the Northern Irish band, Ash, on their single "Candy".

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