If You Know What I Mean
"If You Know What I Mean" | ||||
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Single by Neil Diamond | ||||
from the album Beautiful Noise | ||||
B-side | "Street Life" | |||
Released | June 1976 | |||
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Length | 3:41 | |||
Label | Columbia Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Neil Diamond | |||
Producer(s) | Robbie Robertson | |||
Neil Diamond singles chronology | ||||
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"If You Know What I Mean" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. It is a track from Diamond's 1976 album, Beautiful Noise, and was his third number 1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it spent two weeks. "If You Know What I Mean" went to number 1 for two nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] In Canada, the song reached number 19 on the pop singles chart[2] and hit number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]
Background
Billboard described "If You Know What I Mean" as a "powerful ballad", stating that Diamond sings with more emotion than he had in the recent past, and also praised Robbie Robertson's production.[4] Cash Box said that the song "has a couple of diverse, yet distinct musical moods" and that "the chorus, underscored by a first class string section, builds the song up to an emotional peak."[5]
Diamond has stated that the song is a "tender recollection" of a relationship in his teens, in which he successfully seduced a significantly older woman.[6]
Chart history
Weekly charts
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See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 78.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. June 12, 1976. p. 72. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 12, 1976. p. 16. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ Bream, Jon (2009). Neil Diamond Is Forever: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music (Voyageur Press), page 89.
- ^ "Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". March 30, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. August 7, 1976. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 29, 1976" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Neil Diamond: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Neil Diamond Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Neil Diamond – If You Know What I Mean" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1976". Ultratop. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1976".
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1976" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1976
External links
- Neil Diamond - If You Know What I Mean on YouTube
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