Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States in January, 1970. It is known as a very happy, optimistic song. B. J. Thomas had the first number-one hit of the 1970s, when it took the top spot on January 3. It was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach and has been covered numerous times.

The song is often associated with the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which features the song in a key scene (which is parodied in the Leslie Nielsen spoof film Spy Hard, keeping the song intact). The Academy Award winning song was later used in the superhero film, Spider-Man 2, to accentuate Peter's blissful mood after abandoning his Spider-Man identity and its responsibilities. Most recently it was used in the Kevin Smith film, Clerks II. It was also sang in The Simpsons episode, Duffless.

Ray Stevens was first offered the opportunity to record the song for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but turned it down.

The former Newcastle United football player David Ginola sang a rather memorable version of this on Stars in Their Eyes. It has also been covered by the Japanese band Shonen Knife and Welsh band Manic Street Preachers. It is also mentioned in the Genesis song "In the Cage" on their 1974 album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.