Heartlight (song)

"Heartlight" is a song written by Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager and her then-husband Burt Bacharach,[1] and recorded by Diamond in 1982. It is the first track on Diamond's 1982 album, also titled Heartlight, and reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his eighth (and last) top 5 hit on the chart. It also spent four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart in late 1982, and was the last of his eight #1s on that chart.[2]

This article is about the Neil Diamond song. For the Kenny Loggins track, see Welcome to Heartlight.
"Heartlight"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Heartlight
B-side"You Don't Know Me"
ReleasedSeptember 1982
GenrePop
Length4:25
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach

Personnel
  • Burt Bacharach – orchestra arrangements and conductor
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Neil Diamond – lead vocals, guitar (uncredited)
  • David Foster – piano
  • Craig Hundley – synthesizer
  • Jim Keltner – drums
  • Richard Page – backing vocals
  • Linda Press – backing vocals
  • Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
  • Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
  • H.L. Voelker – backing vocals
  • Marty Walsh – guitar
  • Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals

Chart performance

See also

References
  1. William Ruhlmann. "Neil Diamond | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. "Neil Diamond - Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  3. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1988". Aria.com.au. Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Heartlight". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  6. "NEIL DIAMOND | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  7. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending November 13, 1982". Cash Box Magazine. November 13, 1982. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  8. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  10. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1982". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-08.



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