Didn't We (Richard Harris song)

"Didn't We" is a song recorded by Irish singer and actor Richard Harris for his debut studio album, A Tramp Shining (1968).

Her version peaked at number 82 in the United States, and also entered the Adult Contemporary charts in both the aforementioned country and Canada.

[2] That same year, it was distributed as a standalone 7" record, serving as the second single from his debut studio album, A Tramp Shining (1968).

[6] A traditional pop recording,[7] "Didn't We" is written in the key of C major with Harris's vocals ranging from E4 to G5; it is accompanied by the instrumentation of a piano and a guitar.

Lyrically, Harris recalls the past and opens the single by singing, "This time we almost made the pieces fit / Didn't we girl?".

[10] Michael Feeney Callan, the author of a biography for Harris, wrote that the composition was one of the singer's more "intimate [and] orchestral tracks".

The earliest one was American singer Frank Sinatra's rendition, which appeared on his 27th studio album, My Way (1969),[19] to which Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic likened it as a "rock cover".

Former Temptations falsetto crooner Eddie Kendricks recorded a version of this ballad, which was the closing track to his 1971 debut album, All By Myself.

[22][23] Peggy Lee recorded a version that was released as a bonus track on a 2008 CD reissue of her 1970 album Make It with You.

[25] Music critic Aaron Litham, also from AllMusic, acclaimed it and wrote, "The quiet piano strains and Feinstein's reflective vocals tenderly deliver the song's bittersweet meaning as it being recording for the very first time.

[28] The aforementioned album was re-released in the United Kingdom under the name MacArthur Park: Richard Harris Sings the Songs of Jimmy Webb in 1997.

[29] "Didn't We" also appears on a collection of his singles, titled MacArthur Park (1972), released under the budget album label Music for Pleasure.

[32][33] It was held at The Forum in Inglewood, California; the event itself served as a concert to raise money for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign.

A black and white photo of the track's writer and producer, Jimmy Webb.
Jimmy Webb solely wrote and produced "Didn't We".