%22Hello Again%22 is a song written by Neil Diamond and Alan Lindgren that appeared in the 1980 movie The Jazz Singer and was performed by Diamond on the soundtrack album to the film. It was also released as a single and reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in the US. Billboard also rated it as the #70 pop single overall for 1981. It performed less well in the UK, reaching only #51. It has been covered by several artists and orchestras, including Celtic Thunder, Donny Osmond and Steve Cherelle.%22Hello Again%22 was described by Neil Diamond biographer Laura Jackson as a %22slow tender ballad.%22 Allmusic critic Johnny Loftus considers it Diamond's %22signature late-career ballad.%22 Author T. Mike Childs rated it as a %22terrific%22 ballad. Movie reviewer Joe Peacock described %22Hello Again%22 as being %22keenly affecting to the emotions.%22 On the other hand, author Joshua Piven considers the song %22a painfully boring lullaby.%22 Billboard Magazine critic Vicki Pipkin claims that Diamond's performance of the song in The Jazz Singer is %22poignant.%22 Pittsburgh Press music editor Carl Apone claimed that Diamond was at his best in The Jazz Singer in the songs %22Hello Again%22 and %22Love on the Rocks.%22