Forever in Blue Jeans

"Forever in Blue Jeans" is a song by Neil Diamond which he co-wrote with his guitarist Richard Bennett. The up-tempo track was released as a single by Columbia in February 1979, having featured on Diamond's album You Don't Bring Me Flowers which was released the previous year. Diamond said about the song: "the simple things are really the important things".^[2] It peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in March 1979.^[3]

B-side"Remember Me"

ReleasedJanuary 16, 1979^[1]

GenreSoft rock, country pop

Length3:30

Quick facts Single by Neil Diamond, from the album You Don't Bring Me Flowers ...

"Forever in Blue Jeans"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album You Don't Bring Me Flowers
B-side	"Remember Me"
Released	January 16, 1979[1]
Genre	Soft rock, country pop
Length	3:30
Label	Columbia
Songwriters	Richard Bennett, Neil Diamond
Producer	Bob Gaudio
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (1978) "Forever in Blue Jeans" (1979) "Say Maybe" (1979)

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Cash Box called the song "a pleasant tribute to 'doing OK' without the glitter of wealth and fame" and said that it has "a restrained carnival mood and solid jaunty rhythmic underpinning" and that Diamond's vocals are "gruff" and "appealing."^[4]

According to Cotton Incorporated, "Neil Diamond might have been right when he named his 1979 #1 hit 'Forever in Blue Jeans': 81% of women are planning their next jeans purchase to be some shade of blue."^[5]

Later in 1979, Tommy Overstreet recorded a country version of the song, on his I'll Never Let You Down album.