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** "Red, Red Wine", by [=UB40=]. Their version hit #1 in both the UK (in 1983) and US (in 1988).
** "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", by Urge Overkill on the ''Film/PulpFiction'' soundtrack.

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** "Red, Red Wine", by [=UB40=].[=UB40=] (based on a 1969 {{Reggae}} cover by Tony Tribe). Their version hit #1 in both the UK (in 1983) and US (in 1988).
** "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", by Urge Overkill on the ''Film/PulpFiction'' soundtrack.soundtrack, which helped Diamond achieve a bit of a CareerResurrection among younger listeners in TheNineties.
** "Sunflower" by Glen Campbell in 1977, only a moderate pop hit, but #1 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart and #4 on the Country chart. Diamond didn't even release his own version until 2018.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Soolaimon" draws obvious inspiration from "Oh Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, which had been a hit not long before the Diamond song was recorded, with both songs sharing the concept of a mellow, rhythmic verse leading into a rousing chorus.

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* TearJerker: "Red, Red Wine." Especially if you're used to hearing the [=UB40=] version, which is deep into LyricalDissonance. The slow, somber original just relentlessly drives home how damned depressing [[DrowningMySorrows the subject]] is.

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** "Morningside" is about an old man who loves his family, even building an oak table by hand as a gift for his children to remember him by, yet dies alone.
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* TearJerker: "Red, Red Wine." Especially if you're used to hearing the [=UB40=] version, which is a deep into LyricalDissonance. The slow, somber original just relentlessly drives home how damned depressing [[DrowningMySorrows the subject]] is.

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* TearJerker: "Red, Red Wine." Especially if you're used to hearing the [=UB40=] version, which is a deep into LyricalDissonance. The slow, somber original just relentlessly drives home how damned depressing [[DrowningMySorrows the subject]] is.
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* TearJerker: "Red, Red Wine." Especially if you're used to hearing the [=UB40=] version, which is a deep into LyricalDissonance. The slow, somber original just relentlessly drives home how damned depressing [[DrowningMySorrows the subject]] is.

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* CoveredUp: "I'm a Believer", by Music/TheMonkees (1966) and Music/SmashMouth (2001).

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"I'm a Believer", by Music/TheMonkees (1966) and Music/SmashMouth (2001).
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* EarWorm: Say it with me now:
-->''Sweet Caroline''
-->'''BUM BUM BUM'''
-->''Good times never seemed so goooooooood…''



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* EarWorm: Say it with me now:
-->''Sweet Caroline''
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-->''Good times never seemed so goooooooood…''
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* CoveredUp: "I'm a Believer", by Music/TheMonkees (1966) and Music/SmashMouth (2001).
** "Red, Red Wine", by [=UB40=]. Their version hit #1 in both the UK (in 1983) and US (in 1988).
** "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", by Urge Overkill on the ''Film/PulpFiction'' soundtrack.

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