when the film was first released in UK it had an instumental version of the song alfie over the credits.Cilla Black recorded the song which was released as a promotional thing a few weeks befor the film although it was never intended to appear on the film. Cher's version was always intended for the us release and Dionne Warwick recorded the song as a completely separate cover version and had a massive hit with it in USA, when the film was rereleased in the uk they added Cilla Blacks version.
theres something about this scene and the song that takes u all the way back, even if u were not born back then. sorta the same feeling u get wen u listen to the capenter's "we've only just begun"
Fabulous version of the song by Cher and great end credits BUT when I first saw the film in 1966 the end credits music was by Sonny Rollins and that was also grea.t
@walkabou5 I saw this movie with this ending in a revival house in NYC circa 1977. I had known that Cher did the song for the film. When I rented it on home video about 20 years ago, I was waiting for Cher at the end but got Sonny Rollins. I was very surprised.
Back when this song was popular we had an art teacher named Ralph Davis. Of course the popular thing to do was sing a bar or two of 'WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT RALPHIE?"
@Tagg63 NO no no no no no no no no Cila Black is an Icon in the UK. Dionne is on the physic network ? LOL And Chers an old bag. Come on what would she look like with out all of the enhancments shes had realy. Also thats A sonny arangment . Sonny Bono .
How did I not know Cher was the original vocalist for Alfie! This blows my mind. I can't even recall her mentioning it much less ever singing it again. I have a feeling there's a story here.
@mikesterSTLMO The backstory is Cilla Black was actually the first singer to record the song. The song was written by Bacharach David with Dionne Warwick in mind. The British producers wanted a english to singer thus Cilla recorded the song first for the film. In america the company that purchased the rights wanted their own artist ( Sonny and Cher) to record the track. BB/HD wanted Dionne to record the song thus Dionne did and had the biggest hit of the song in America.
@nanenoah OK, so there are two versions; a UK version with this Cilla person singing the ending credits and an American version with Cher. But as we all know Dionne Warwick had the most success with the song when she recorded her version of Alfie. I think I got it. Thanks for the input:-) Btw, I prefer Streisand's versions out of them all!
@spagandtuna You must have the original British release, which had Cilla Black singing the end title song. This was later changed to the Cher version for the US release and the British re-release.
What's the movie where caines best friends younger(sexy)daughter is madly in love with him, and Caine gets involved with her, all the while trying to hide it from his best friend???
i remember i like 13 when i first seen this movie and it shaped the woman i was gonna become, strong. and showed me a side of human nature that still exists today!! love the movie and the song, even dionne warwick's version is awesome
I was hearing the Dionne Warwick song on the radio before I saw the movie. Wasn't sure what the movie was about but because I thought the song was so interesting and pretty, I saw the movie. I fell in love with the girl who played Annie. Later found out she was living with Paul MacCartney. Pandoratbox. Glad the film made you strong. Cheers.
I had a dog named Alphie when I was a kid. He would run into the living room when he heard this song on TV. He just new the TV was singing to him. My mother was a good cook except for her spaghetti. She found Alphie licking his rear end in the kitchen. She asked me why Alphie was licking his rear end like that. I replied,"He just ate some of your spaghetti and he is trying to get the taste out of his mouth!"
Oh my God, you have my sense of humor..still laughing. Once when I was 13 my Mom's french poodle was sitting on her lap in a room with all my brothers 9 year old friends. She said"this dog has bad breath". I said Mom "if you sat around and licked your balls all day your breath would be bad too". 9 year olds did not know it was OK to laugh until Mom busted a gut.
Wow! Tks mate, I recall the song being sung, like I say I was 7, and my Uncle was named Alfred, so when ever he came to visit us, its the song my Mum always song, sort of a family 'in joke' Mind you i have never really seen the film, only exercpts..tks again..Steve
well...have you ever considered that we are all being entertained? these so called "divas" like britneys or pink´s...arent they a designed product to make people...entertained about real issues such as war in iraq, or the dangers od the patriot act?people these days just know more about britneys boyfriends than the number of deaths in iraq.
Have to accept that Dionne's version is technically superior, but it's Cilla's that really does it for me - she puts far more feeling into hers. That switch from strident to wistful and back again (perfectly mirroring the injured feelings of one of Alfie's "birds") is something only she could do. And the Cilla persona is so exactly the type that Alfie would chase and later abandon.
Yes!! When people think of the 60's now, they only tend to think of the good stuff! For every sublime Beatles' or Kinks' (actually about 2 dozen other bands) songs, there was 2 or 3 Batchelors etc.
Also, it's a sordid film about sordid people who were everywhere in those days. I often think that fathers who had fought in the war had a kind of contempt for their son's generation....in any case 'macho' was king.
i didn't know this was the closing titles for the US release. amazing. i saw the other titles with the instrumental and this one fits the ending of the movie.
Had the good fortune to meet the man who wrote the book.. I was only 4 but can still remember him vividly if you ever have the chance you should read some of his childrens books amazing talent and a wonderful man RIP Bill...
I was forced to go to the USA premier in 1966 by my girlfriend - went back the next night to see it again solo. Powerful movie - had a profound effect on me at the time; but to every bloke who's reading this, do any of us ever really learn? Cher's vocal was in our USA premier, and I quickly snapped up the 45. I bought the VHS in the 1980's - was thoroughly disappointed by the jazz sax in place of Cher's vocal. The ending lost its panache. My new DVD has Cher's unsurpassed vocal back in place:)
PERHAPS IF YOU READ THE CREDITS ON THIS ACTUAL CLIP
WHERE IT SAYS "SUNG BY CHER"...THAT WOULD INDICATE IT NOT BEING SUNG BY PAINT STRIPPER VOICED ..CILLA.
It was done for the faster U.S release , no time for a Cilla version on the U.K release. But its far better that way. Wonder what time they filmed Waterloo Bridge in this clip.??
Well f*** me I'm wrong...that's never happened before. I guess I just didn't believe that they had the production technology in the 60's to take that horrible adenoidal whine out of Cher's voice, but I guess they did. Oh well wrong again.
Dunno about Dionne, but Burt Bacharach did produce Cilla's version (apparently she felt nervous about doing it, and BB came over to London specially to reassure her).
BTW, I seem to remember reading somewhere that BB reckoned this was his best song.
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Very good this film! This music (by Cher) is wonderfull. Thanks for posting it!
franzkafka1010 4 months ago
Britain was the coolest country on the Earth once 8-(
lewisner 5 months ago
Just seen this yesterday on tv Great film
RogueAssassin96 5 months ago 3
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Its all getting clearer
Usurped 5 months ago
when the film was first released in UK it had an instumental version of the song alfie over the credits.Cilla Black recorded the song which was released as a promotional thing a few weeks befor the film although it was never intended to appear on the film. Cher's version was always intended for the us release and Dionne Warwick recorded the song as a completely separate cover version and had a massive hit with it in USA, when the film was rereleased in the uk they added Cilla Blacks version.
nikson2 6 months ago 2
I love this song, it was the perfect ending for the movie:)
Menetho1 6 months ago 2
what is that HORRIFIC loud ear splitting noise at the beginning? jeeze, warn us next time.
kennywowie 6 months ago
theres something about this scene and the song that takes u all the way back, even if u were not born back then. sorta the same feeling u get wen u listen to the capenter's "we've only just begun"
iinfiiniitii 9 months ago 3
@iinfiiniitii Yes, I understand where you're coming from, it's kinda magical.
Hania454 7 months ago
Love, love those ending titles. I remember seeing them for the first time and thinking, "Wow!"
mphrdldn 10 months ago 2
damn this cockney accent D:
fix3p 11 months ago
Fabulous version of the song by Cher and great end credits BUT when I first saw the film in 1966 the end credits music was by Sonny Rollins and that was also grea.t
walkabou5 1 year ago
@walkabou5 I saw this movie with this ending in a revival house in NYC circa 1977. I had known that Cher did the song for the film. When I rented it on home video about 20 years ago, I was waiting for Cher at the end but got Sonny Rollins. I was very surprised.
kirko1954 7 months ago
Pretty amazing end credits! And they did it back in the 1960s with no CGI!
Awesome results!
Satchel334 1 year ago 2
@elefou Waterloo bridge
moule6448 1 year ago 2
Back when this song was popular we had an art teacher named Ralph Davis. Of course the popular thing to do was sing a bar or two of 'WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT RALPHIE?"
bnylons 1 year ago 2
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isn't this dionne warwick?
lozi890 1 year ago
isn't this dionne warwick?
lozi890 1 year ago 2
Cher cannot carry Cilla Blacks dirty underware.
tenorismo 1 year ago
@tenorismo Celia who? Dionne who? Where are these women now? End of discussion!
Tagg63 1 year ago
@Tagg63 NO no no no no no no no no Cila Black is an Icon in the UK. Dionne is on the physic network ? LOL And Chers an old bag. Come on what would she look like with out all of the enhancments shes had realy. Also thats A sonny arangment . Sonny Bono .
tenorismo 1 year ago
@tenorismo I was being sarcastic. Neither of those two women amounted to very much. Cher is stll here at age 64!
Tagg63 1 year ago
@Tagg63 search Cila Black she is beloved in UK : )
tenorismo 1 year ago
So good and such a great line..take a look at Alfie on youtube:superjknott
jeffkrtg 1 year ago
How did I not know Cher was the original vocalist for Alfie! This blows my mind. I can't even recall her mentioning it much less ever singing it again. I have a feeling there's a story here.
mikesterSTLMO 1 year ago
@mikesterSTLMO The backstory is Cilla Black was actually the first singer to record the song. The song was written by Bacharach David with Dionne Warwick in mind. The British producers wanted a english to singer thus Cilla recorded the song first for the film. In america the company that purchased the rights wanted their own artist ( Sonny and Cher) to record the track. BB/HD wanted Dionne to record the song thus Dionne did and had the biggest hit of the song in America.
nanenoah 1 year ago
@nanenoah OK, so there are two versions; a UK version with this Cilla person singing the ending credits and an American version with Cher. But as we all know Dionne Warwick had the most success with the song when she recorded her version of Alfie. I think I got it. Thanks for the input:-) Btw, I prefer Streisand's versions out of them all!
mikesterSTLMO 1 year ago
I have a complete, authorized VHS version of this film and it DOES NOT close with Cher singing the title song. What happened?
spagandtuna 1 year ago
@spagandtuna You must have the original British release, which had Cilla Black singing the end title song. This was later changed to the Cher version for the US release and the British re-release.
Muteswan1 10 months ago
The 60s are one of my fave eras I wish I was alive then... Cher looks really pretty and I love this movie ^^
MikuFantasies 1 year ago
is that Waterloo bridge is crossing? i walk on that most days!
spencerkicksass 2 years ago
Is that CHER singing????
angelman51266 2 years ago
It is. Best closing titles ever.
Yeastbat 2 years ago
I think so
ra86226 2 years ago
That IS CHER!
DownInMontegoBay 2 years ago
@angelman51266 cilla black?
frankho99 1 year ago
@angelman51266 yes see the credits at 2:06
frankho99 1 year ago
What's the movie where caines best friends younger(sexy)daughter is madly in love with him, and Caine gets involved with her, all the while trying to hide it from his best friend???
area51er6 2 years ago
BLAME IT ON RIO (1984)
Wildcock23 2 years ago
nice endin with caine on d bribge and d little terrier looks up at him like as if 2 say u still got me so lets go home.
im jus sayin thats all very nice,
gilsenar 2 years ago
my bird is called Alfie and I play this song for him and when he hears it he bobs his head
martyjb11 2 years ago
wonderful
hotwells45 2 years ago
i remember i like 13 when i first seen this movie and it shaped the woman i was gonna become, strong. and showed me a side of human nature that still exists today!! love the movie and the song, even dionne warwick's version is awesome
pandoratbox 2 years ago
I was hearing the Dionne Warwick song on the radio before I saw the movie. Wasn't sure what the movie was about but because I thought the song was so interesting and pretty, I saw the movie. I fell in love with the girl who played Annie. Later found out she was living with Paul MacCartney. Pandoratbox. Glad the film made you strong. Cheers.
boblackey1 2 years ago
I had a dog named Alphie when I was a kid. He would run into the living room when he heard this song on TV. He just new the TV was singing to him. My mother was a good cook except for her spaghetti. She found Alphie licking his rear end in the kitchen. She asked me why Alphie was licking his rear end like that. I replied,"He just ate some of your spaghetti and he is trying to get the taste out of his mouth!"
terdlonian 2 years ago 2
Oh my God, you have my sense of humor..still laughing. Once when I was 13 my Mom's french poodle was sitting on her lap in a room with all my brothers 9 year old friends. She said"this dog has bad breath". I said Mom "if you sat around and licked your balls all day your breath would be bad too". 9 year olds did not know it was OK to laugh until Mom busted a gut.
mianno58 2 years ago 2
good one!
vcomp1960 2 years ago
I just laughed myself sick , that is the greatest -funny story ever!
Rouben19 2 years ago
One of my all time favourite films. A true classic.
jamesgdavies2 2 years ago 2
"This film was more than it seemed on the surface."
That's the truth. A comedy it was not.
MrAlexKeaton 2 years ago 4
I still think this was one of the best ends to a movie I've seen - probably the only one in fact where the end titles form part of the powerful
impression the film leaves you with. This film was more than it seemed on the surface.
numeniusaqua 2 years ago 6
michael caine and burt bacarach!!
BROKENHOUSEFILMS 2 years ago 5
Milicent Martin shown in the closing credits played Daphne Moon's mother on the long running show Frasier.
maryquant1967 2 years ago
Loved that movie! :D
Lotta people don't understand it...
Petitprox 2 years ago 4
id love to see the whole film on youtube??
plhokko 2 years ago
Wow! Tks mate, I recall the song being sung, like I say I was 7, and my Uncle was named Alfred, so when ever he came to visit us, its the song my Mum always song, sort of a family 'in joke' Mind you i have never really seen the film, only exercpts..tks again..Steve
remeclerk 2 years ago
Kenn I think I was 7!!! Brill film, who was the original singer??-Steve (now in the USA)
remeclerk 2 years ago
cher :)
paquitomoralles 2 years ago
I thought Cilla's version is better but Cher did the song on the US release while Cilla's was on the UK release.
dgz78 2 years ago
WOW CHER SINNS THIS SONG SO FAB
9663drew 2 years ago 3
Simply put a classic movie..
And the music is even better....
flyerspa67 2 years ago 5
the original Alfie was the best.
9aspengold5 3 years ago 26
well...have you ever considered that we are all being entertained? these so called "divas" like britneys or pink´s...arent they a designed product to make people...entertained about real issues such as war in iraq, or the dangers od the patriot act?people these days just know more about britneys boyfriends than the number of deaths in iraq.
the world is being entertained...
oops...i did it again
paquitomoralles 3 years ago 6
love this song....
why dont they do songs like this anymore?
paquitomoralles 3 years ago 6
Because idiots worship non-talents like Britney Spears and finds ways to put down real talents like Christina Agugullaria and Pink.
Also we have forgotten how precious life is and instead of finding the things we like in each other we separate on our differences.
We could live in peace, but, WE CHOOSE to live unsettled.
Am I crazy... well, keep in mind Cher was a hippy and she did songs like this.
Maybe we should all try to be hippies.
Seyahhsod 3 years ago 6
Have to accept that Dionne's version is technically superior, but it's Cilla's that really does it for me - she puts far more feeling into hers. That switch from strident to wistful and back again (perfectly mirroring the injured feelings of one of Alfie's "birds") is something only she could do. And the Cilla persona is so exactly the type that Alfie would chase and later abandon.
Krzyszczynski 3 years ago
Dionne set the standard for this song as a ballad, but Cher's version fit the movie in its crazy, groovy, kinda 60's cool sorta way. You know?
iboudiop 3 years ago 3
Very good this film! This music (by Cher) is wonderfull. Thanks for posting it!
franzkafka1010 3 years ago
Very good this film! Thanks for posting it!
franzkafka1010 3 years ago
its called a risk one risky director to do that
shamanofsexy90 3 years ago 2
i agree that it wasn't cilia black..
sexymama1966 3 years ago
Its called 'crossing the line' - talking to the camera as in the 4th person.
rayverma 3 years ago
Yes!! When people think of the 60's now, they only tend to think of the good stuff! For every sublime Beatles' or Kinks' (actually about 2 dozen other bands) songs, there was 2 or 3 Batchelors etc.
Also, it's a sordid film about sordid people who were everywhere in those days. I often think that fathers who had fought in the war had a kind of contempt for their son's generation....in any case 'macho' was king.
violinbloke 3 years ago
i didn't know this was the closing titles for the US release. amazing. i saw the other titles with the instrumental and this one fits the ending of the movie.
sexymama1966 3 years ago
Had the good fortune to meet the man who wrote the book.. I was only 4 but can still remember him vividly if you ever have the chance you should read some of his childrens books amazing talent and a wonderful man RIP Bill...
plopshot3 3 years ago 11
Oh, you are very happy man! It's so marvellous.
dearathos 3 years ago 4
Can you put the whole film up? Not being ungrateful for this bit :) but I can't find it anywhere online.
Jabberwooki 3 years ago 2
Now I can't. But if I will, I'll do it.
dearathos 3 years ago 3
@Jabberwooki Buy it at Amazon
walkabou5 1 year ago
I was forced to go to the USA premier in 1966 by my girlfriend - went back the next night to see it again solo. Powerful movie - had a profound effect on me at the time; but to every bloke who's reading this, do any of us ever really learn? Cher's vocal was in our USA premier, and I quickly snapped up the 45. I bought the VHS in the 1980's - was thoroughly disappointed by the jazz sax in place of Cher's vocal. The ending lost its panache. My new DVD has Cher's unsurpassed vocal back in place:)
bloootube 3 years ago 2
Great London Scene.......Greatest city in the world!!
violinbloke 3 years ago
Great end credits! But the poster left out the final fade to the Paramount logo.
hankaaron1961 4 years ago
wow it is all about Alfie!
talk2bill 4 years ago
This isn't Cher's version. This is the Cilla Black's version from the UK rerelease.
kindafan 4 years ago
wrong, this isn't cilla black, it's cher
VCHAGZ 4 years ago
cilla black
ellandrd1306 4 years ago
PERHAPS IF YOU READ THE CREDITS ON THIS ACTUAL CLIP
WHERE IT SAYS "SUNG BY CHER"...THAT WOULD INDICATE IT NOT BEING SUNG BY PAINT STRIPPER VOICED ..CILLA.
It was done for the faster U.S release , no time for a Cilla version on the U.K release. But its far better that way. Wonder what time they filmed Waterloo Bridge in this clip.??
wellohmeeeeeee 4 years ago 2
sorry you were right,it was cher on this version but i have to say that cilla's version is better !!!
ellandrd1306 4 years ago
Well f*** me I'm wrong...that's never happened before. I guess I just didn't believe that they had the production technology in the 60's to take that horrible adenoidal whine out of Cher's voice, but I guess they did. Oh well wrong again.
kindafan 3 years ago
Lifes full of surprises.
Think this version is great (BETTER ! than Cilla's ) but listen to
Dionne Warwick's version, the ending is the dogs bollocks (as we say in London ) its better produced, think Burt Bachrach did that one.
wellohmeeeeeee 3 years ago
Dunno about Dionne, but Burt Bacharach did produce Cilla's version (apparently she felt nervous about doing it, and BB came over to London specially to reassure her).
BTW, I seem to remember reading somewhere that BB reckoned this was his best song.
Krzyszczynski 3 years ago
cher did this song
9663drew 4 years ago
I read somewhere that this version was sung by Cher...does anyone know?
leoray1234 4 years ago
cher did do this song i love her and the song x
9663drew 4 years ago
The Jude Law remake has already been forgotten...
TomthatiscalledTom 4 years ago 5
Such an Amazing Movie! Michel Cain is such a Great actor.
Douglet07 4 years ago 2