Déjà Vu (Dionne Warwick song)
"Déjà Vu" is a hit 1979 ballad written by Isaac Hayes with lyricist Adrienne Anderson, recorded by Dionne Warwick for her album "Dionne" which Barry Manilow produced. The song won Warwick a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 22nd Grammy Awards. Background. Isaac Hayes had written the tune for "Déjà Vu" in 1977 while touring with Warwick on the "A Man and a Woman" Tour: Warwick would recall then hearing Hayes play the tune – which he had entitled "Déjà Vu" without writing lyrics – and as she and Barry Manilow began preparing  for the January 1979 recording sessions for the "Dionne" album, Warwick solicited a tape of "Déjà Vu" from Hayes to play for Manilow, who recruited his own regular lyricist Adrienne Anderson to write the words. Chart performance. Issued in November 1979 as the album's second single – following up Warwick's top ten comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again" – "Déjà Vu" rose to number 15 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, number 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1980. "Déjà Vu" was Warwick's  fifth and last Top 40 single of her 1970s period and her second top 40 single following the release of "I'll Never Love This Way Again" in the five years since her number-one single, "Then Came You", featuring The Spinners. Other versions. The song has also been recorded by Ethel Ennis (album "Live at the Maryland Inn"/ 1980), Jack Jones (album "Don't Stop Now"/ 1980), Trudy Kerr (album "Déjà Vu: Songs From My Past"/ 2008), and by guitarist Peter White (album "Playin' Favorites"/ 2006) with vocalist Kiki Ebsen.