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"Diamond Girl" is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1973. It is the title track of their fifth studio album, Diamond Girl . Like their previous top 10 hit " Summer Breeze ", "Diamond Girl" also reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 , [ 1 ] and No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Diamond Girl peaked at #4 on the U.S. album charts. [3] Its title track "Diamond Girl" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer and #13 in Canada. The follow-up single "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" attained the #21 position late in the year (#33 in Canada).
It was the second single from their fifth studio album, Diamond Girl. The song reached No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number 18 on the Cash Box Top 100. [1] The song was a significantly greater hit on the Adult Contemporary chart, where it reached number two on both the American [2] and Canadian charts. [3]
Old Age" is a song first released by the American rock band Hole, composed by Kurt Cobain of Nirvana with lyrics later written by Courtney Love. At the time of Hole's recording of the song, Love was married to Cobain. The song was unknown as a Nirvana song during the band's existence, and its authorship was originally attributed to Love.
"Diamond Girl" (Seals and Crofts song), 1973 "Diamond Girl" (Ryan Leslie song), 2007 "Diamond Girl", a single released by Nice & Wild in 1986; Diamond Girl, a novel by Diana Palmer; The Diamond Girls, a children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson "Diamond Girl", a song by Thaman S, Silambarasan TR and Suchitra from the 2013 Indian film Baadshah
The final and original voice of “Diamond Girl” vocal track on the hit recording was performed by John Minnis (with David L Cook having sung the demo vocal). [2] Because of mistitled videos on the internet, many believe that Stevie B is the original vocalist of the song, but that of course is false.
The song's title and lyrics reference the American actress Frances Farmer, a native of the band's adopted hometown of Seattle, Washington, who struggled with mental health issues, caused by an overly controlling mother, and faced involuntary commitment several times in her life, which she claimed led to her suffering from systematic abuse.
According to Nevermind's producer Butch Vig in the 2005 Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind DVD, "Drain You" featured more guitar overdubs than any other song on the album: one clean track and five distorted tracks, two using a Mesa Boogie amp, two using a Fender Bassman amp, and one that they called the "super grunge" track, using a pedal on the Fender Bassman.