Love on the Rocks

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Love on the Rocks is a 1980 pop ballad by Neil Diamond, best known for its melancholic reflection on a failing relationship and its prominent feature in the film The Jazz Singer.

All labels observed (1)

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Love on the Rocks canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Gilbert Bécaud ⓘ
associatedWork The Jazz Singer (soundtrack album) ⓘ
surface form: The Jazz Singer (1980 soundtrack album)
chartPosition Canada RPM Top Singles ⓘ
surface form: Canada RPM Top Singles number 2

Ireland Singles Chart top 10 ⓘ
South Africa Springbok Radio chart top 10 ⓘ
US Adult Contemporary number 3 ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 number 2 ⓘ
composer Gilbert Bécaud ⓘ
Neil Diamond ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuredIn The Jazz Singer (1980 film) ⓘ
genre pop ballad ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasCriticalReception considered one of Neil Diamond’s signature ballads ⓘ
noted for melancholic tone ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
string section ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme disillusionment with love ⓘ
failing relationship ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
hasMusicalKey B-flat major ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "Love on the rocks, ain’t no surprise" ⓘ
hasNotablePerformance Neil Diamond performance in The Jazz Singer (1980 film) ⓘ
hasTempo slow ⓘ
hasType film song ⓘ
love song ⓘ
includedInAlbum The Jazz Singer (soundtrack album) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3 minutes 38 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Neil Diamond ⓘ
partOf The Jazz Singer (1980 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Jazz Singer (1980 film) soundtrack
performer Neil Diamond ⓘ
Neil Diamond and band ⓘ
producer Bob Gaudio ⓘ
publicationDate 1980 ⓘ
recordingDate 1980 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
EMI ⓘ
usedAs theme song of The Jazz Singer (1980 film) ⓘ
vocalist Neil Diamond ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neil Diamond → notableWork → Love on the Rocks ⓘ
Neil Diamond → wroteSong → Love on the Rocks ⓘ
Careful Confessions → hasTrack → Love on the Rocks ⓘ
Little Voice → hasTrack → Love on the Rocks ⓘ
The Jazz Singer (1980 film) → featuresSong → Love on the Rocks ⓘ
Marcia Murphey → spouseNotableWork → Love on the Rocks ⓘ