Heartlight (song)

"Heartlight" is a song written by Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager and her then-husband, Burt Bacharach, 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 thirteenth (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. Reportedly, it was inspired by the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Diamond allegedly settled with MCA/Universal for $25,000, due to its supposedly drawing on the material of the film.

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." Billboard described it as a "pretty, romantic ballad with a light, lilting melodyline."

Personnel

 * Burt Bacharach – orchestra arrangements and conductor
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion
 * Neil Diamond – lead vocals, guitar (uncredited)
 * 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