"Number-one singles in New Zealand" . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . "1983 singles" . "USUM71206874" . "1967 songs" . "-0.468445"^^ . . "1967" . "1968 singles" . "2"^^ . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . "1967" . . "Pablo Falconer" . "1145415" . "Dutch Top 40 number-one singles" . "false"^^ . "259000.0"^^ . "Red, Red Wine" . . "9"^^ . "3094" . . "Ellie Greenwich" . . "1983-08-20"^^ . "Jeff Barry" . "Songs about alcohol" . "2007-01-01"^^ . "Neil Diamond" . "1988 singles" . "-10.3"^^ . "12-inch single" . "Reggae songs" . "Gramophone record" . . "%22Red Red Wine%22 is a song written, performed and originally recorded by American artist Neil Diamond in 1967, included on Neil's second Bang Records album %22Just For You%22. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of someone who finds drinking red wine the only way to forget his woes. When Neil left the Bang Records label in 1968, Bang continued to release Neil Diamond singles, often adding newly recorded instruments and background vocals to album tracks from the two Neil Diamond albums that Bang had issued. For the %22Red Red Wine%22 single, Bang added a background choir without Neil's involvement or permission. Diamond's version reached number sixty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968. Diamond later performed a UB40-inspired version of the song on tour. The original album version was released on Diamond's The Greatest Hits (1966-1992) but the 1968 single version has never been issued on a vinyl album or CD. The song has been covered by Tony Tribe, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, and more famously by British reggae group UB40, whose version topped the U.S. and UK singles charts. Tony Tribe covered the song in 1969 in a reggae-influenced style. UB40 covered the song in 1983 in a lighter reggae-style." . "eng" . "262679"^^ . "A&M Records" . "Neil Diamond songs" . . "-0.246671"^^ . . "english" . . . "RPM Top Singles number-one singles" . "DEP International" . "false"^^ . "1982" . "129.0"^^ . "Red Red Wine" . "9c03dad6-a87e-4ee7-9e96-845e662a3d65" . . "Bang Records singles" . "false"^^ . "UB40 songs" . "Songs written by Neil Diamond" . . "5714dedd25ac0d8aee4c6277" .