"It Might Be You" is a song with music written by Dave Grusin and lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman. It was performed by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop in the 1982 film ''

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'' starring

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and Jessica Lange. The song was nominated for an

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in 1983. Bishop's recording peaked at No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on May 7, 1983 and spent eight weeks in the

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, becoming his final Top 40 song to date. It also held two weeks at No. 1 on the U.S.

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in April the same year.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

* Stephen Bishop - vocals * Dave Grusin – electric piano, acoustic piano *George Doering,

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, Mitch Holder - guitar * Abraham Laboriel - bass *

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- synthesizer * Carlos Vega - drums *Steve Foreman - percussion *Becky Porter, Billy Phedford, Marva Holcolm, Paulette Brown - backing vocals

Notable cover versions

* In 1991,

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included a cover on her Live album. * In 1995,

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recorded the song for use in the

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-directed film, '' Waiting to Exhale''. The song appears in the film, but not on the film's

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and appearing instead on her own '' Roberta''. * Filipino singer Erik Santos also revived and covered the song as a duet with Marinel Santos in 2003 and it was used as the theme song of the Philippine drama series, ''

It Might Be You "It Might Be You" is a song with music written by Dave Grusin, and lyrics written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Alan & Marilyn Bergman. It was performed by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop (singer), Stephen Bishop in the 1982 film ''Tootsie'' star ...

''. * In 2013, the song appeared over the closing credits of the film '' The Pretty One'', covered by K A R Y Y N and

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. ''The Pretty One'' shares with ''Tootsie'' the theme of a person assuming a different identity. *In October 2015, Filipino singer and actor

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covered the song and it was used as the theme song of the movie '' Everyday I Love You''.

References

* Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)

External links

* 1983 singles 1982 songs Stephen Bishop (singer) songs Songs with lyrics by Alan Bergman Songs with lyrics by Marilyn Bergman Songs with music by Dave Grusin Rock ballads Songs written for films 1980s ballads Warner Records singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub