Message to Michael

"Message to Michael"
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Dionne Warwick
from the album Dionne Warwick in Paris
B-side	"Here Where There Is Love"
Released	March 1966
Recorded	1966
Studio	Paris, France
Genre	Soul, pop, adult contemporary
Length	3:09
Label	Scepter, Disques Vogue (France), Pye International (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Producer(s)	Blue Jac Productions
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
"Are You There (With Another Girl)" (1965) "Message to Michael" (1966) "Trains and Boats and Planes" (1966)

"Message to Michael" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, that has been a hit for several different artists under several different titles. The song was first recorded as "Message to Martha" by Jerry Butler in 1962. In 1964, singer Lou Johnson had a minor US hit with the song, with the title "Kentucky Bluebird". British singer Adam Faith also recorded the song as "A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)" in 1965, and had a substantial hit with it in the UK, reaching No. 12.^[1] Exactly the same recording was issued in Australia as "Message to Martha", where it was a No. 15 hit for Faith. In the United States, Dionne Warwick's version, titled "Message to Michael", was a top ten hit there in 1966.

In all versions of the song, the lyrics are addressed to a bluebird by the singer. The singer is in Kentucky, and his/her sweetheart is vainly pursuing musical stardom in New Orleans. The singer asks the bluebird to take a message to Martha/Michael, asking for the sweetheart to return.