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"The Way It Used to Be" is a song recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was released on the album Engelbert and as a single in 1969. It is an English language adaptation of the Italian language song "Melodia", which was originally released by Isabella Iannetti in 1968. The song was a top ten hit in multiple countries, and spent 14 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3, while reaching No. 1 in Flanders and Singapore, No. 3 in Malaysia, No. 5 in Yugoslavia, No. 6 on the Irish Singles Chart, No. more »Lyrics written by
Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
Original music written by
Corrado Conti, Franco Cassano
Original lyrics written by
Gianni Argenio
"The Way It Used to Be" is a song recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was released on the album Engelbert and as a single in 1969. It is an English language adaptation of the Italian language song "Melodia", which was originally released by Isabella Iannetti in 1968. The song was a top ten hit in multiple countries, and spent 14 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3, while reaching No. 1 in Flanders and Singapore, No. 3 in Malaysia, No. 5 in Yugoslavia, No. 6 on the Irish Singles Chart, No. more »Lyrics written by
Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
Original music written by
Corrado Conti, Franco Cassano
Original lyrics written by
Gianni Argenio
