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"'''Holly Holy'''" is a song written and recorded by [[Neil Diamond]]. Released as a single in October 1969,<ref name="amg-bio">{{cite web | url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4083/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title=Neil Diamond: Biography | author=William Ruhlmann | publisher=[[Allmusic]] | accessdate=2008-04-30}}</ref> it was quite successful as the follow-on to "[[Sweet Caroline]]", reaching number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. pop singles chart]] by December.<ref name="bb40">{{cite book | last=Whitburn | first=Joel | authorlink=Joel Whitburn | title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present | publisher=[[Billboard Publications]] | year=1983 | isbn=0-8230-7511-7}} p. 88.</ref><ref name="jackson"/> It became a [[gold record]] and then eventually [[platinum record|platinum]].<ref name="amg-bio"/> |
"'''Holly Holy'''" is a song written and recorded by [[Neil Diamond]]. Released as a single in October 1969,<ref name="amg-bio">{{cite web | url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4083/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title=Neil Diamond: Biography | author=William Ruhlmann | publisher=[[Allmusic]] | accessdate=2008-04-30}}</ref> it was quite successful as the follow-on to "[[Sweet Caroline]]", reaching number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. pop singles chart]] by December.<ref name="bb40">{{cite book | last=Whitburn | first=Joel | authorlink=Joel Whitburn | title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present | publisher=[[Billboard Publications]] | year=1983 | isbn=0-8230-7511-7}} p. 88.</ref><ref name="jackson"/> It became a [[gold record]] and then eventually [[platinum record|platinum]].<ref name="amg-bio"/> |
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A work with a spiritual focus,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/03/bmdiamond103.xml | title=Neil Diamond: the hurt, the dirt, the shirts | author=Neil McCormick | publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' | date=2008-03-05 | accessdate=2008-05-02}}</ref> "Holly Holy" was influenced by [[gospel music]]<ref name="amg-bio"/> and was Diamond's |
A work with a spiritual focus,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/03/bmdiamond103.xml | title=Neil Diamond: the hurt, the dirt, the shirts | author=Neil McCormick | publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' | date=2008-03-05 | accessdate=2008-05-02}}</ref> "Holly Holy" was influenced by [[gospel music]]<ref name="amg-bio"/> and was Diamond's favorite of the songs he had written to that point.<ref name="jackson">{{cite book | last=Jackson | first=Laura | authorlink=Laura Jackson | title=Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion | publisher=[[ECW Press]] | year=2005 | isbn=1550227076}} pp. 65–66.</ref> It begins quietly with [[acoustic guitar]] against a [[bass line]], with the sparse lyric stretched with elongated vowels. Gradually the arrangement builds up with a tempo shift in the bridge and a backing choir against strings lasting throughout. |
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"Holly Holy" was later included on Diamond's November 1969 album ''[[Touching You, Touching Me]]''.<ref name="amg-bio"/> It has been included in live versions on Diamond's ''[[Hot August Night]]'' (from 1972) and ''[[Greatest Hits: 1966–1992]]'' (from 1992), as well as in various compilations. |
"Holly Holy" was later included on Diamond's November 1969 album ''[[Touching You, Touching Me]]''.<ref name="amg-bio"/> It has been included in live versions on Diamond's ''[[Hot August Night]]'' (from 1972) and ''[[Greatest Hits: 1966–1992]]'' (from 1992), as well as in various compilations. |
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"Holly Holy" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. Released as a single in October 1969,[1] it was quite successful as the follow-on to "Sweet Caroline", reaching number 6 on the U.S. pop singles chart by December.[2][3] It became a gold record and then eventually platinum.[1]
A work with a spiritual focus,[4] "Holly Holy" was influenced by gospel music[1] and was Diamond's favorite of the songs he had written to that point.[3] It begins quietly with acoustic guitar against a bass line, with the sparse lyric stretched with elongated vowels. Gradually the arrangement builds up with a tempo shift in the bridge and a backing choir against strings lasting throughout.
"Holly Holy" was later included on Diamond's November 1969 album Touching You, Touching Me.[1] It has been included in live versions on Diamond's Hot August Night (from 1972) and Greatest Hits: 1966–1992 (from 1992), as well as in various compilations.
A treatment of "Holly Holy" by Jr. Walker & the All Stars was a modest R&B hit in 1971.[1]
Nancy Sinatra covered the song for her second TV special, "Movin' with Nancy on Stage" in 1971.
"Holly Holy" was covered in 1998 by UB40.
"Holly Holy" was a key soundtrack song in "Holy Smoke!" [5]
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- ^ a b c d e William Ruhlmann. "Neil Diamond: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1983). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present. Billboard Publications. ISBN 0-8230-7511-7. p. 88.
- ^ a b Jackson, Laura (2005). Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion. ECW Press. ISBN 1550227076. pp. 65–66.
- ^ Neil McCormick (2008-03-05). "Neil Diamond: the hurt, the dirt, the shirts". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
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