The Original Male Singer of “Wives and Lovers” was Jack Jones whose 1963 recording won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, by a Male.

The song was advice to married women, to stay attractive and attentive to their husbands ("wives should always be lovers, too") to avoid their husbands straying with "girls at the office". In the first line, everywoman wife is addressed "Hey little girl "fix your make up" "run to his arms the moment he comes home to you." The song originated when Bacharach was asked to write a song with the title "Wives and Lovers", on the theme of marital infidelity. The song did not appear in the film but was intended simply to promote the film, making it what was known at the time as an "exploitation song".