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 |
| Format | 7-inch |
| Genre | Pop/Rock |
| Length | 3:41 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Writer(s) | Neil Diamond |
| Producer(s) | Robbie Robertson |
"If You Know What I Mean" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song is a track from Diamond's 1976 album, Beautiful Noise, and was Diamond's third number one on the Easy Listening chart, where it spent two weeks. "If You Know What I Mean" went to number one for two nonconsecutive weeks and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] In Canada, the song reached number 19 on the pop singles chart[2] and likewise reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3]
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.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 78.
- ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ Bream, Jon (2009). Neil Diamond Is Forever: The Illustrated Story of the Man and His Music (Voyageur Press), page 89.
| Preceded by "I Need to Be in Love" by The Carpenters |
Billboard Adult Contemporary number one single July 10, 1976 |
Succeeded by "I'm Easy" by Keith Carradine |
| Preceded by "Let 'Em In" by Wings |
Billboard Adult Contemporary number one single August 14, 1976 |
Succeeded by "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" by England Dan & John Ford Coley |
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