Don't Think... Feel

This article is about the song by Neil Diamond. For the song by Idoling!!!, see Don't think. Feel !!!.

"Don't Think... Feel"

Single by Neil Diamond
Released	1976

"Don't Think... Feel" is a 1976 song by Neil Diamond from the album Beautiful Noise. It was released as a single in October 1976 and reached #43 in the US Hit Parade. The B-side was "Home is a Wounded Heart".^[1]

The "Caribbean-flavored track" features Dr. John on Hammond organ and Jerome Richardson on flute.^[2] The song was a take on hippie philosophy with the words "Don't think, feel. Ain't no big deal. Make it real. And don't think, feel."^[3]

The title and message of the song attracted comment both positive and negative.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Jackson, Laura (2005). Neil Diamond: His Life, His Music, His Passion. ECW Press. p. 145. ISBN 1550227076. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
↑ Rich Wiseman Neil Diamond: Solitary Star 1988 p.208 "tracks, from the Dixielandish “Stargazer,” to the bluesy “Lady-Oh,” to the Caribbean-flavored “Don't Think . . . Feel” ... Helping to give each track its own identity were a collection of special musical performances, among them Jerome Richardson's dancing flute on “Don't Think . . . Feel,”"
↑ Hanley Norins The Young & Rubicam traveling creative workshop 1990 p.47 "Songwriter Neil Diamond summed up the Hippie philosophy with the words of his popular song, "Don't think, feel. Ain't no big deal. Make it real. And don't think, feel." But the Hippies did not bother to have a focus, and we have a practical job ...
↑ Karl Albrecht -Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills 2009 p.10 "Popular singer Neil Diamond recorded a rock song titled “Don't Think—Feel!” "
↑ George Aiken Taylor The Presbyterian Journal 1977 -- Volume 36 p. 126 "The album [sic], "....Don't Think, Feel," by popular singer Neil Diamond stayed at the top of charts for weeks. In the evangelical and even Reformed community, this influence has resulted in a tendency to disregard the rational element of the Gospel;"

Neil Diamond singles discography

Singles 1960s	1962 "You Are My Love at Last" "I'm Afraid" 1963 "At Night" 1966 "Solitary Man" "Cherry, Cherry" "I Got the Feelin' (Oh No No)" 1967 "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" "Kentucky Woman" "Some Day Baby" 1968 "New Orleans" "Red Red Wine" "Brooklyn Roads" "Two-Bit Manchild" "Shilo" "Sunday Sun" 1969 "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" "Sweet Caroline" "Holly Holy"

Singles 1970s	1970 "Shilo" "Until It's Time for You to Go" "Soolaimon" "And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind" "Solitary Man" "Cracklin' Rosie" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" "Do It" 1971 "I Am... I Said" "Done Too Soon" "I'm a Believer" "Stones" 1972 "Song Sung Blue" "Play Me" "Walk on Water" 1973 "Cherry, Cherry" "The Long Way Home" "The Last Thing on My Mind" "Be" 1974 "Skybird" "Longfellow Serenade" 1975 "Morningside" "I've Been This Way Before" "The Last Picasso" 1976 "If You Know What I Mean" "Don't Think... Feel" "Beautiful Noise" 1977 "Stargazer" "Lady-Oh" "Desiree" 1978 "God Only Knows" "Let Me Take You In My Arms Again" "I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight" "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" "The Dancing Bumble Bee / Bumble Boogie" 1979 "Forever in Blue Jeans" "Say Maybe" "The American Popular Song" "September Morn"

Singles 1980s	1980 "That Kind" "The Good Lord Loves You" "Dancing in the Street" "Love on the Rocks" 1981 "Hello Again" "America" "Yesterday's Songs" 1982 "On the Way to the Sky" "Be Mine Tonight" "Rainy Day Song" "Heartlight" 1983 "I'm Alive" "Turn Around"

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