"Desirée"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight
B-side"Once in a While"
ReleasedNovember 1977 (1977)
GenrePop, Rock
Length3:19
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond
Producer(s)Bob Gaudio
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"Lady-Oh"
(1977) 		"Desirée"
(1977) 		"God Only Knows"
(1978)

"Desirée" is a 1977 song written and recorded by Neil Diamond and included as a track on Diamond's 1977 album, I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight. The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the U.S. Easy Listening chart to become his fifth number one on that chart.[1] The song likewise reached number one on the Canadian AC chart.[2]

Cash Box said that it has an "infectious intro on the grand piano" and that Diamond is "at the top of his form."[3] Record World said that the song "rocks lightly, and is arranged to focus attention on the provocative lyrics."[4]

It was used as the first long-distance dedication on American Top 40 on the show aired August 26, 1978.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
Australia KMR[5] 29
Belgium 24
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 8
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 1
Germany 25
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 6
Netherlands 21
New Zealand[9] 5
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[10] 4
UK (OCC) 39
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 16
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
US Cash Box Top 100[12] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Rank
Australia 128
Canada [13] 77
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[14] 114
US Cash Box [15] 75

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 78.
  2. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 3, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 26, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  7. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-03-14. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Desiree". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  9. ^ NZ Top 40 Singles, 12 March 1978
  10. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  11. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 4, 1978". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  13. ^ "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  15. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978". Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2017.



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