"I'll Come Running" is a song written by

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...

. It was first released by Diamond in July 1966 as the B-side to his US top-ten single "

Cherry, Cherry "Cherry, Cherry" is a 1966 song written, composed, and recorded by American musician Neil Diamond. Background The song was recorded in February - March 1966, and was originally intended as a demo, arranged by Artie Butler and produced by Jeff Bar ...

", before being included on his debut album '' The Feel of Neil Diamond'', released in August 1966. The song was later covered by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

and released as a single in June 1967; it peaked at number 26 in the

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Cliff Richard version

Release and reception

"I'll Come Runnin'" was arranged by and features the orchestra of

Mike Leander Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Gl ...

. It was released with the B-side "I Get the Feelin'", which was also written by Diamond and originally titled "I Got the Feelin' (Oh No No)". It had been released as the follow-up single to "Cherry, Cherry" in October 1966. Richard would also go on to record covers of other Diamond songs, " Solitary Man" and " Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon". Reviewing for ''

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'', Derek Johnson wrote that the song "starts quietly with a rippling Mike Leander accompaniment. Then it explodes into a pulsating chorus, with blaring brass, chirping girls and Cliff in his most rhythmic mood". He also liked "the light and shade of this disc – the contrast between the delicately-scored verses and the punchy attack of the chorus. Quite a whistleable tune, too". For ''

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'', Peter Jones described "I'll Come Runnin'" as "a mixture of soft vocal and rip-roaring rocking – and the arrangement is tremendous".

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 8210 # "I'll Come Runnin'" – 2:27 # "I Get the Feelin'" – 2:17

Charts

References

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