"Song Sung Blue"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Moods
B-side	"Gitchy Goomy"
Released	1972
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Pop, Adult contemporary, Country
Length	3:15
Label	Uni Records
Writer(s)	Neil Diamond
Producer	Tom Catalano

"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. The song was released off his album, Moods and later appeared on many of Diamond's live and compilation albums.

It was his second #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, after 1970's "Cracklin' Rosie".^[1] The song spent twelve weeks in the Top 40. In addition, "Song Sung Blue" spent seven weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.^[2] In addition, the song made the pop chart in the United Kingdom, reaching #14 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3] The song has become one of Diamond's standards, and he often performs this song during concerts.

"Song Sung Blue" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1973, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.^[2] Both awards that year were won by Roberta Flack's rendition of Ewan McColl's song, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".

Diamond described "Song Sung Blue" in the liner notes to his 1996 compilation album, In My Lifetime, as a "very basic message, unadorned. I didn't even write a bridge to it. I never expected anyone to react to "Song Sung Blue" the way they did. I just like it, the message and the way a few words said so many things."^[2]

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Preceded by "The Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr.

Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 1, 1972 (one week)

Succeeded by "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers

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