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"Sweet Caroline" is a Pop Song written and performed by Neil Diamond and officially released on September 16th 1969 as a single,and was also included on later pressings of his "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" album. The song reached #4 on the ''Billboard'' chart and eventually went Platinum for sales of one million singles.http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=4456&aid=5629 In the fall of 1969, Diamond performed "Sweet Caroline" on several television shows, including '' The Joey Bishop Show '', '' The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour '', and '' The Ed Sullivan Show ''. It later reached #8 on the UK singles chart in 1971. It is also very popular at sporting events worldwide, usually sung by supporters of requested that the song be played at every home game. The sing-along was made famous in a sequence of the 2005 movie '' Fever Pitch ''. The song is also sung during New York Rangers hockey games, New York Mets , Washington Nationals , San Jose Giants , University Of Mississippi , Vanderbilt University baseball games, and Boston College and University Of North Carolina sporting events. In the karaoke and sing-along, the chorus has fans singing "Sweet Caroline..." with the fans imitating the music to "Oh, oh, oh! Good times never felt so good" followed by the chant of "So good, so good, so good!" The next line goes "I feel inclined..." with the "Oh, oh, oh!" tag repeated. COVERS
According to the album literature of 1996's "In My Lifetime", Diamond came up with the famous A6 chord (used in the "...hands, touching hands" portion of the song) in the song in a hotel room one night. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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