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Holly Holy - Wikipedia

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"Holly Holy"

Single by Neil Diamond

from the album Touching You, Touching Me

B-side

"Hurtin' You Don't Come Easy"

Released

October 13, 1969

Genre

Pop, soft rock

Length

4:27 (single version)
4:40 (album version)

Tom Catalano, Tommy Cogbill

Neil Diamond singles chronology

"Sweet Caroline"
(1969)

"Holly Holy"
(1969)

"Shilo"
(1970)

"Holly Holy" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond with instrumental backing provided by the American Sound Studio house band in Memphis. Released as a single on October 13, 1969,^[1] it was a successful follow up to "Sweet Caroline", reaching #6 on the U.S. pop singles chart by December.^[2]^[3] The song also reached #5 on the Easy Listening chart.^[4] It became a gold record and then eventually a platinum record.^[1]

While it is a love song, it also has a spiritual focus.^[5] Its storyline and style were influenced by gospel music.^[1] The first lyrics are sung by Diamond alone. But in the second verse, a gospel choir is accompanying him as the song builds in intensity. Later lyrics echo a Bible story: "Touch a man who can't walk upright and that lame man, he's gonna fly."^[6]

Record World predicted the song "will be as famous as its author and constant hitmaker."^[7] It was Diamond's favorite of the songs he had written to that point.^[3]

"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 various compilations.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1969–70)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	6
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[8]	6
Canada RPM Top Singles^[9]	2
New Zealand (Listener)^[10]	6
South Africa (Springbok)^[11]	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[12]	6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[13]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)	Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[14]	69

Chart (1970)	Rank
Australia ^[15]	45
Canada ^[16]	35

Other versions

Produced by Clancy Eccles in 1970, the song was an instant success for Jamaican reggae group the Fabulous Flames, almost crossing into the UK's popular music chart.^[17]

The song was covered by UB40 on their album Labour of Love III in 1998.

The song was covered by Nancy Sinatra and released on her album Shifting Gears in 2013.^[18]

In popular culture

The song plays during opening credits of the 1999 Kate Winslet–Harvey Keitel film Holy Smoke!. Additionally, it was played live in concert at the end of the 2001 film Saving Silverman during the end credits scene by Neil Diamond (as himself) and the main cast members (in character). It was also featured in the 2012 Kevin James film Here Comes the Boom as James's character's entrance song in mixed martial arts (MMA). The song was also featured in the 2017 TV series Mr. Mercedes Season 3, episode 4. The song was used in Mike Flanagan's 2021 Netflix miniseries Midnight Mass during a montage in the third episode.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 1-55022-707-6. pp. 65–66.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 72.
^ Neil McCormick (2008-03-05). "Neil Diamond: the hurt, the dirt, the shirts". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
^ YouTube.com "Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (w/lyrics)" Retrieved June 25, 2024.
^ "Single Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 25, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-01-10. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-01-10. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 9 January 1970". Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 3, 1970
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
^ Australian-charts.com
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013.
^ "Fabulous Flames". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ "Nancy Sinatra – Shifting Gears". Discogs. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2023-01-05.

External links

Neil Diamond - Holly Holy on YouTube

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Discography
Studio albums	The Feel of Neil Diamond Just for You Velvet Gloves and Spit Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show Touching You, Touching Me Tap Root Manuscript Stones Moods Serenade Beautiful Noise I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight You Don't Bring Me Flowers September Morn On the Way to the Sky Heartlight Primitive Headed for the Future The Best Years of Our Lives Lovescape The Christmas Album Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building The Christmas Album, Volume II Tennessee Moon The Movie Album: As Time Goes By Three Chord Opera 12 Songs Home Before Dark A Cherry Cherry Christmas Dreams Melody Road
Soundtrack albums	Jonathan Livingston Seagull The Jazz Singer
Live albums	Gold: Recorded Live at the Troubadour Hot August Night Love at the Greek Hot August Night II Live in America Stages: Performances 1970–2002 Hot August Night/NYC
Compilation albums	Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits Shilo Rainbow His 12 Greatest Hits And the Singer Sings His Song Classics: The Early Years The Greatest Hits: 1966–1992 The Neil Diamond Collection Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus! The Essential Neil Diamond Neil Diamond 50 – 50th Anniversary Collection A Neil Diamond Christmas
Singles	"Solitary Man" "Cherry, Cherry" "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" "Kentucky Woman" "New Orleans" "Red Red Wine" "Two-Bit Manchild" "Shilo" "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" "Sweet Caroline" "Holly Holy" "Until It's Time for You to Go" "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" "Solitary Man" (re-release) "Cracklin' Rosie" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" "I Am... I Said" "Done Too Soon" "I'm a Believer" "Crunchy Granola Suite" "Song Sung Blue" "Play Me" "Cherry, Cherry" "The Last Thing on My Mind" "Longfellow Serenade" "I've Been This Way Before" "If You Know What I Mean" "Don't Think... Feel" "Desiree" "God Only Knows" "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" "Forever in Blue Jeans" "Dancing in the Street" "Love on the Rocks" "Hello Again" "America" "Yesterday's Songs" "On the Way to the Sky" "Heartlight"
Other songs	"Sunflower"
Concert tours	50 Year Anniversary World Tour
Related articles	The Jazz Singer (film) A Beautiful Noise (musical)
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