"It Might Be You" is a song with music written by

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, 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

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. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song 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 spent two weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart in April the same year.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Personnel

* Stephen Bishop - vocals *

– electric piano, acoustic piano *George Doering, Paul Jackson Jr., Mitch Holder - guitar *

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- bass *

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- synthesizer *

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

Notable cover versions

* In 1995,

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recorded the song for use in the

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-directed film, ''

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''. The song appears in the film, but not on the film's soundtrack album and appearing instead on her own ''

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''. * Filipino singer

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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''. * In 2013, the song appeared over the closing credits of the film ''

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'', covered by K A R Y Y N and Julian Wass. ''The Pretty One'' shares with ''Tootsie'' the theme of a person assuming a different identity. *In October 2015, Filipino singer and actor Michael Pangilinan 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