"Heartlight" is a song written by Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager and her then-husband Burt Bacharach,[1] and recorded by Diamond in 1982. It is the first track on Diamond's 1982 album, also titled Heartlight, and reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his thirteen (and last) top 10 hit on the chart. It also spent four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart in late 1982, and was the last of his eight #1s on that chart.[2] Reportedly, the song was inspired by the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Diamond allegedly settled with MCA/Universal for $25,000, due to the song's supposedly drawing on the material of the film.[3]

"Heartlight"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Heartlight
B-side	"You Don't Know Me"
Released	September 1982
Genre	Pop
Length	4:25
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"Be Mine Tonight" (1982) "Heartlight" (1982) "I'm Alive" (1983)

Cash Box said that the song "will unquestionably stick in the minds of adult pop and A/C listeners like a piece of ear candy."[4]

Personnel

• Burt Bacharach – orchestra arrangements and conductor
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Neil Diamond – lead vocals, guitar (uncredited)^{[citation needed]}
• David Foster – piano
• Craig Hundley – synthesizer
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Richard Page – backing vocals
• Linda Press – backing vocals
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
• H.L. Voelker – backing vocals
• Marty Walsh – guitar
• Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals

Chart performance

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.)

References

External links

• Songfacts - Heartlight by Neil Diamond
• Neil Diamond - Heartlight on YouTube

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