I'll Come Running (Neil Diamond song)

"I'll Come Running"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album The Feel of Neil Diamond
A-side"Cherry, Cherry"
ReleasedJuly 1966
Recorded1966
GenrePop rock
Length3:00
LabelBang
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond
Producer(s)
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"Solitary Man"
(1966) 		"I'll Come Running"
(1966) 		"I Got the Feelin' (Oh No No)"
(1966)

"I'll Come Running" is a song written by Neil Diamond. It was first released by Diamond in July 1966 as the B-side to his US top-ten single "Cherry, Cherry", before being included on his debut album The Feel of Neil Diamond, released in August 1966. The song was later covered by Cliff Richard and released as a single in June 1967; it peaked at number 26 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Cliff Richard version

"I'll Come Runnin'"
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side"I Get the Feelin'"
Released2 June 1967
Recorded24 April 1967[2]
StudioEMI Studios, London
Genre
Length2:27
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"It's All Over"
(1967) 		"I'll Come Runnin'"
(1967) 		"The Day I Met Marie"
(1967)

Release and reception

"I'll Come Runnin'" was arranged by and features the orchestra of Mike Leander. It was released with the B-side "I Get the Feelin'", which was also written by Diamond and originally titled "I Got the Feelin' (Oh No No)". It had been released as the follow-up single to "Cherry, Cherry" in October 1966.[3] Richard would also go on to record covers of other Diamond songs, "Solitary Man" and "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon".

Reviewing for New Musical Express, Derek Johnson wrote that the song "starts quietly with a rippling Mike Leander accompaniment. Then it explodes into a pulsating chorus, with blaring brass, chirping girls and Cliff in his most rhythmic mood". He also liked "the light and shade of this disc – the contrast between the delicately-scored verses and the punchy attack of the chorus. Quite a whistleable tune, too".[4] For Record Mirror, Peter Jones described "I'll Come Runnin'" as "a mixture of soft vocal and rip-roaring rocking – and the arrangement is tremendous".[5]

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 8210

  1. "I'll Come Runnin'" – 2:27
  2. "I Get the Feelin'" – 2:17

Charts

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 69
Malaysia (Radio Malaysia)[7] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 31
New Zealand (Listener)[9] 10
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)[10] 1
Singapore (Radio Singapore)[11] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 26

References

  1. ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database - Song Details (I'll Come Runnin')". www.cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  3. ^ Neil Diamond - I Got The Feelin' (Oh No No), retrieved 2021-10-04
  4. ^ "Top Singles" (PDF). New Musical Express. 3 June 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Record Mirror. 3 June 1967. p. 9. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  7. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 2 September 1967. p. 62. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  10. ^ Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  11. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 14 October 1967. p. 66. Retrieved 4 October 2021.