Talk:Red Red Wine

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I have been informed that Neil Diamond was inspired by a Salvation army song that was written at the turn of the 20th century: "Red Red Wine" Originally an early 1900's Salvation Army song which Neil Diamond transformed into his 1968 hit "Red Red Wine". It was also a big reggae hit when Tony Tribe covered it in 1969. Is this true? 87.240.15.26 20:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC) I heard that Neil Diamond did not in fact write this song, but it was written by a guy named Charles Mann from Lake Charles, La. Has anyone heard anything about this?

sean kingston
He more than sampled the beat, he just laid lyrics on top of the beat and called it a new song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.120.165 (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Bob Marley?
Has anyone ever heard this alleged version? --69.112.107.57 (talk) 23:07, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure Bob Marley has as much to do with any version of Red Red Wine as Weird Al does with "What If God Smoked Cannabis?" or "Star Wars Cantina." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.41.84.238 (talk) 20:52, 26 August 2008 (UTC) He has never done the song, people get him confused with Tony Tribe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.174.24.249 (talk) 23:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Reggae Jam
There is another cover this time by Reggae Jam in 2006. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.238.19 (talk) 18:49, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Two UB40 Versions.
There are two versions of the UB40 song. The longer version (at 5:21), with Astro's toasted verse as mentioned in the article, is on Labor of Love, and was the single that went to #1 in 1988. The shorter version (3:01) is on their Greatest Hits album, and went to #34 in 1984, ends with a fade out of the chorus without going into the toasting. These details should be included in the article, I think. In fact, the truncated version seems to be the version on all their Greatest Hits albums that include any version of it; only Labor of Love has the full version. Does anybody know why this is?Listmeister (talk) 23:00, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Music videos
(1) I think that UB40's cover should be on a separate page from Neil Diamond's.

(2) It would be nice to have some information about the music videos for the UB40's cover.

Joe Gatt (talk) 00:11, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Did Emile Ford do a cover?
He released a single call Red Red Wine in 1980: (Emile Ford - Discography). — Preceding unsigned comment added by GR8DAN (talk • contribs) 19:13, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a cover of this song - you can see the label with writing credit here. --Michig (talk) 19:17, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Origins
I watched a TV interview once where UB40 had no idea it was a Neil Diamond song. They thought it was just an old reggae tune he played. This was like 6-7 years ago. Pretty funny. They actually got a bit upset when they found out their biggest hit was a Neil Diamond cover! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.147.156 (talk) 15:33, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Original version
Just saying, the original version by Neil Diamond is a sentimental pop ballad and certainly not reggae, as the template in the article suggests? Any objections if I change that? Steinbach (talk) 13:33, 6 August 2014 (UTC)