Forever in Blue Jeans
| "Forever in Blue Jeans" | ||||
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| Single by Neil Diamond | ||||
| from the album You Don't Bring Me Flowers | ||||
| B-side | "Remember Me" | |||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock, country pop, soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Bennett, Neil Diamond | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Gaudio | |||
| Neil Diamond singles chronology | ||||
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"Forever in Blue Jeans" is a song by Neil Diamond which he co-wrote with his guitarist Richard Bennett. The up-tempo track was released as a single by Columbia in February 1979, having featured on Diamond's album You Don't Bring Me Flowers which was released the previous year. Diamond said about the song: "the simple things are really the important things".[1] It peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #2 on the Easy Listening chart in March 1979.[2]
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Later in 1979, Tommy Overstreet recorded a country version of the song, on his I'll Never Let You Down album.
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (RPM)[5] | 10 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 4 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] | 22 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[8] | 7 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
|
16 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 20 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] | 2 |
| West Germany ( Official German Charts )
|
31 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[11] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Neil Diamond: I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond, book By David Wild, 2008
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1979-03-24). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 27, 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "There's nothing as American as apple pie. And pop songs about blue jeans". Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ bac-lac.gc.ca, Canada Singles, RPM Weekly
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ "Neil Diamond – Forever In Blue Jeans". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "British single certifications – Neil Diamond – Forever in Blue Jeans". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
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