“That’s What Friends Are For” by Dionne and Friends (Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder) would be the biggest hit of Warwick’s career, a feather in the cap for Bacharach and Sager, and perhaps most importantly, a major rallying cry and fundraiser for AIDS awareness. “They figured that nobody had heard the song, except the two of them – and Rod Stewart!” Warwick then hit upon the idea of inviting some of her famous friends to join the recording sessions, and a groundbreaking No. She let them know that she wished to cut the song herself. The very next day after hearing “Friends,” Warwick phoned Bacharach and his then-wife and principal lyricist, Carole Bayer Sager. Warwick had recently reconciled with Bacharach after a decade-plus of estrangement the catalyst was producer Aaron Spelling, who wished to have a Bacharach/Warwick collaboration as the theme to his 1984 television drama Finder of Lost Loves. “Friends” set lyrics to Bacharach’s main love theme for the film, and was performed by Rod Stewart. There was no way in the world it could be anybody else’s.” She was speaking of “That’s What Friends Are For,” an all-but-forgotten song written for the 1982 film Night Shift, Ron Howard’s major big screen directorial debut. “I didn’t really pay attention to the names that were going up on the credits,” Warwick recounted, “but I knew that was Burt Bacharach’s melody. Dionne Warwick was home one evening, half-asleep while the 1982 film Night Shift played on her television set.
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