"Another Tear Falls" is a song written by

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with lyrics by Hal David which was first a song for the American singer Gene McDaniels in 1962 for the British film '' It's Trad, Dad!'' as well as the flip side of his

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" and was later recorded and released by the American pop group The Walker Brothers as their seventh UK single in 1966. The accompaniment was directed by Reg Guest. "Another Tear Falls" was a modest hit spending eight weeks on the

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and peaking at No. 12 in October. The single was another relative disappointment for the group and confirmed a decline in their commercial fortunes. It was also the group's last single released in their native United States, where it failed to chart. Despite the single's under-performance, ''

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'', the group's second album, was released around the same time and was much more popular, making No. 3 on the

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. The B-side "Saddest Night in the World" is notable as though it is sung by Scott Walker, is one of John Walker's first compositions. John Walker went on to contribute two songs to the group's following album, both of which he handled lead vocals. In some territories "Saddest Night in the World" was replaced with "Saturday's Child"; an up-beat album track written by Scott Walker that appeared as the second track on ''Portrait''.

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{{authority control Songs with lyrics by Hal David Songs with music by Burt Bacharach 1966 singles Gene McDaniels songs The Walker Brothers songs 1962 songs Philips Records singles Liberty Records singles Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett