The song is about a man who turns to wine to get over a breakup. The jouncy reggae beat brought the song out of its shell, but it may have been the rap line that provided the much-needed hook.Īs for Neil Diamond, Red, Red Wine should not be considered his finest red wine moment. Red red wine you make me feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time… For this version, they inserted a rap line (in reggae a toast), which most people probably associate with the song to this day: 1 in October 1988 and spending an impressive 40 weeks on the charts. Then, in 1988, they re-released the song in a slightly reworked version which went all the way to the top of the charts reaching no. In 1983, on their Labour Of Love album, they released Red, Red Wine and it did pretty well in the U.S. They covered Sonny and Cher’s I Got You Babe which went to no. Perhaps that was his intention but it just doesn’t have that extra something needed to hook you and although many people say they love the Neil Diamond version today, I have to wonder if they would have loved it having not been introduced to it by UB40.īut then again, UB40’s 1988 release was their second attempt at the song. Or, maybe it was those strings doing a lullaby in the background. And I have to say, while you hear a song there, it is perhaps languid and almost sleepy as if Neil had already finished a few bottles. Neil Diamond didn’t have much of a hit with his original rendition, although it did reach 62 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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