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UB40 → Neil Diamond

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UB40 made "Red Red Wine" a sing-along, but somebody else wrote it and recorded it first. Who's behind the original?Neil Diamondknew
Neil Diamond
Red Red Wine · 1967 · via UB40
YouTube ↗
UB40’s version · 1986
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Before UB40 got hold of it, "Red Red Wine" was Neil Diamond's own song, written by him and put out in 1967. Play his version next to theirs and listen to how far one song can travel.

Pick it up at Neil Diamond →

or start your own at UB40 → · different cuts from the same counter

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