Single:
Song Sung Blue entered the Australian singles chart* on 15 May 1972 and peaked at #5. The song was #37 on the Top 100 of 1972.
Album:
The song is on Moods which entered the Australian albums chart* on 31 July 1972 and peaked at #4.
Songwriter:
Neil Diamond
Producer:
Tom Catalano
Record label of Australian release:
MCA
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Song Sung Blue was inspired by Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 21.
Neil Diamond said: “This is one to which I never paid too much attention. A very basic message, unadorned. I didn’t even write a bridge to it… I had no idea that it would be a huge hit or that people would want to sing along with it.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/neil-diamond/song-sung-blue
Lyrics:
Me and you are subject to
The blues now and then
But when you take the blues
And make a song
You sing ’em out again
You sing ’em out again
Song sung blue, weeping like a willow
Song sung blue, sleeping on my pillow
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