Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
“Sweet Caroline” was inspired by a photograph of the then-9-year-old Caroline Kennedy. The lyrics were written a few years later about Diamond’s then-wife Marsha.
In 1969, the song peaked at #4 in the US and #3 in Canada. Two years later, it reached the top 40 in three European countries including...
[Verse 1]
Where it began
I can't begin to know when
But then I know it's growin' strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along?
[Pre-Chorus]
Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you
[Chorus]
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I…
[Verse 2]
Look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when holdin' you?
[Pre-Chorus]
One, touchin' one
Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you
[Chorus]
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh no, no
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline
I believe they never could
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline was written by Neil Diamond.
Sweet Caroline was produced by Chips Moman & Neil Diamond & Tommy Cogbill.
Neil Diamond released Sweet Caroline on Wed Apr 16 1969.
The song was inspired by a photograph of the then-9-year-old Caroline Kennedy. The lyrics were written years later about Diamond’s then-wife Marsha.
As this NPR article points out, the audience yells, “So good! So good! So good!”
Diamond told Associated Press in 2007 his inspiration for the song:
It was a picture of a little girl dressed to the nines in her riding gear, next to her pony. It was such an innocent, wonderful picture, I immediately felt there was a song in there … I’ve never discussed it with anybody before – i...