"Forever in Blue Jeans" is a song by Neil Diamond which he co-wrote with his guitarist Richard Bennett. The up-tempo track was released as a single by Columbia in February 1979, having featured on Diamond's album You Don't Bring Me Flowers which was released the previous year. Diamond said about the song: "the simple things are really the important things".Neil Diamond: I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond, book By David Wild, 2008 It peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in March 1979.
Cash Box called the song "a pleasant tribute to 'doing OK' without the glitter of wealth and fame" and said that it has "a restrained carnival mood and solid jaunty rhythmic underpinning" and that Diamond's vocals are "gruff" and "appealing."
Later in 1979, Tommy Overstreet recorded a country version of the song, on his I'll Never Let You Down album.
In popular culture On season 7 of American Idol, Jason Castro sang this song.It was Week 11 and there were only 5 contestants left for what was Neil Diamond week.
Charts Chart (1979)PeakpositionCanada (RPM)bac-lac.gc.ca, Canada Singles, RPM Weekly10Ireland (IRMA)4South Africa (Springbok)7UK Singles (Official Charts Company)16West Germany (Official German Charts)31
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