Single:
Diamond Girl entered the Australian singles chart* on 13 August 1973 and peaked at #57.
Album:
The song is on Diamond Girl which entered the Australian albums chart* on 8 October 1973 and peaked at #48.
Songwriters:
Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
Producer:
Louis Shelton
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
In Diamond Girl, the jazz-influenced title track of Seals & Crofts’ fifth studio album, the soft-rock duo sings about their love for a charismatic woman whose inner light shines like a precious gem stone wherever she goes.
The album is a follow-up to their breakthrough release, Summer Breeze. On Diamond Girl, Seals & Crofts beefed up their band with future Toto founders David Paich (organ, piano) and Jeff Porcaro (drums), among other studio luminaries.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/seals-crofts/diamond-girl
Lyrics:
Diamond Girl – you sure do shine
Glad I found you – glad you’re mine
Oh my love you’re like a precious stone
Part of earth where heaven has rained on
Makes no difference where you are
Day or nighttime you’re like a shinin’ star
And how could I shine without you
When it’s about you that I am
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