You Don't Bring Me Flowers

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"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
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Single by Barbra & Neil
from the album You Don't Bring Me Flowers and Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
A-side "You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet)"
B-side "You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Instrumental)"
ReleasedOctober 1978
Studio Cherokee (Hollywood)
Genre Easy listening
Length3:25
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Neil Diamond
Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Producer(s) Bob Gaudio
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Prisoner (Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars)"
(1978)
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
(1978)
"The Main Event/Fight"
(1979)
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"Desiree"
(1977)
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
(1978)
"Forever in Blue Jeans"
(1979)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [24] Platinum100,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [25] Gold75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [26] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Gold500,000^
United States (RIAA) [28] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius version

Concurrent with the success of Diamond and Streisand's version of the song, country singers Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius released a country version of the song, which reached number ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1979.

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