I've Been This Way Before

"I've Been This Way Before"
Single by Neil Diamond
from the album Serenade
B-side"Reggae Strut"
Released1974 (US)
GenreSoft rock
Length3:08
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Neil Diamond
Producer(s)Tom Catalano
Neil Diamond singles chronology
"Longfellow Serenade"
(1974)
"I've Been This Way Before"
(1974)
"The Last Picasso"
(1975)

"I've Been This Way Before" is a song written and performed by Neil Diamond. It was released as the second single from Diamond's 1974 album Serenade. "I've Been This Way Before" was Neil Diamond's third No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart and also peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1]

Billboard magazine stated that the song was "stronger lyrically" than recent Neil Diamond songs and also praised the vocal performance and the arrangement.[2] Cash Box said, "This moody ballad gleams," describing, "A simple piano opening builds lovingly into a rich mix of strings and things with Diamond's voice rising confidently above it all."[3]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 78.
  2. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. January 25, 1975. p. 58. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 18, 1975. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-12-11.