1965 Songs: What’s New, Pussycat?
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (73908)
United States
April 20, 2025 10:59am CST
Earlier this month I had a visual treat for the guys with that Whipped Cream and Other Delights album cover. And now, to close out the alphabetical list of 1965 songs, a visual treat for the ladies! 
A rather appropriate song, too. Here’s today’s song that’s now 60.
What’s New, Pussycat? - Tom Jones
Oh, look, Burt Bacharach and Hal David are back. (They wrote yesterday’s song, “What the World Needs Now.”) This was the theme to a movie (I used it in my movie themes countdown in 2023). The plot was a guy who had so many girlfriends that he couldn’t remember their names, so he just called everybody “Pussycat.”
Oooh, Tom Jones. That was One. Handsome. Fella. Ooooh. Gotta tell ya, too, for someone who’s about to hit 85, Sir Tom is still pretty nice looking! (Sorry, Prince William, but Tom’s the real “prince” of Wales! 
)
He’s done just about everything in his illustrious career…even had a #1 country hit (1977’s “Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow”)!
Here’s to Sir Tom!
What’s New Pussycat?
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Recorded by Tom Jones
From What’s New Pussycat?, 1965
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A rather appropriate song, too. Here’s today’s song that’s now 60.
What’s New, Pussycat? - Tom Jones
Oh, look, Burt Bacharach and Hal David are back. (They wrote yesterday’s song, “What the World Needs Now.”) This was the theme to a movie (I used it in my movie themes countdown in 2023). The plot was a guy who had so many girlfriends that he couldn’t remember their names, so he just called everybody “Pussycat.”
Oooh, Tom Jones. That was One. Handsome. Fella. Ooooh. Gotta tell ya, too, for someone who’s about to hit 85, Sir Tom is still pretty nice looking! (Sorry, Prince William, but Tom’s the real “prince” of Wales! )
He’s done just about everything in his illustrious career…even had a #1 country hit (1977’s “Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow”)!
Here’s to Sir Tom!
What’s New Pussycat?
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Recorded by Tom Jones
From What’s New Pussycat?, 1965
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14 responses
@Orson_Kart (7299)
• United Kingdom
20 Apr
@FourWalls I think @NJChicaa sings it to her cat every night:
“Pussycat, Pussycat, I love you
Yes I do.
You and your Pussycat nose.
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@Deepizzaguy (108935)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Apr
Sir Tom Jones is not of my favorite artists of all time.
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@celticeagle (173502)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Apr
Burt did a lot of good ones. Tom, with his looks and sexy voice. Goodness.
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@celticeagle (173502)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr
@FourWalls ........I agree. He always weirded me out.
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
20 Apr
Engelbert Humperdinck always struck me as a Tom Jones wannabe. Not even close.
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@Orson_Kart (7299)
• United Kingdom
20 Apr
Guy goes to the doctors and says, “Doc, I can’t stop singing “What’s New Pussycat”. Can you help me?”
Doc says, “I think you’ve got Tom Jones Syndrome”
Guy says, “Is it common?”
Doc says, “It’s not unusual”
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
20 Apr
Hope the doctor’s name wasn’t Delilah….2 people like this
@RasmaSandra (84225)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Apr
Many Tom Jones songs I like but his one I really do not like,
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
20 Apr
Understand. No one has a universally loved song.
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
21 Apr
Me too. I saw Warren Zevon once and he did “What’s New, Pussycat” as an encore. Laughed my butt off.
@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
24 Apr
I did some seasonal work at UPS, checking semi drivers in and out. In training, I mentioned to the new women that some of the drivers would say “babe” or “hon,” and not to take it personally. Many women in America consider it an “insult” to use those words.
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@JudyEv (351419)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr
@FourWalls Sometimes, when you know the person, you just have to shrug it off.
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@andriaperry (118748)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Apr
My oldest sister loved Tom. I like this song.
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
22 Apr
So when he did the country song you really dissed him. 
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@Beestring (15250)
• Hong Kong
20 Apr
Most of the older generation who listened to English songs know Tom Jones. This song was popular.
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
20 Apr
I believe he was popular worldwide in the 60s.
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@FourWalls (73908)
• United States
23 Apr
I loved watching him dance around to this on his TV show in the late 60s.
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@grenery8 (16096)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
24 Apr
@FourWalls o, that must have been great
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