Red Red Wine

"Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967 that appears on his second studio album, Just for You. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes.

"Red Red Wine"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Just for You
B-side"Red Rubber Ball"
Released1967 (1967)
Genre
Length2:42
LabelBang
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond
Producer(s)
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"New Orleans"
(1968)
"Red Red Wine"
(1967)
"Brooklyn Roads"
(1968)

UB40 recorded a cover version in 1983 that went to No. 1 in the UK and was moderately successful in the United States. It was rereleased in 1988 and went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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