Neil Diamond’s ‘Candy Caroline’ could possibly be heard throughout England following the Lionesses’ success within the Euro 2022 closing.
In recent times, the track has been adopted because the nation’s unofficial sports activities victory anthem. It lately rang after the England girls’s group beat Germany 2-1 within the closing on Sunday evening (July 31).
The competitors marked the primary time an England group had gained a serious match since 1966, and ‘Candy Caroline’ was sung from begin to end.
Diamond’s track was launched in 1969 below the title ‘Candy Caroline (Good Instances By no means Appeared So Good)’.
Whereas the track could have taken on new that means in a sporting context, its inspiration remained hidden for a few years.
Nonetheless, in 2007, Diamond revealed that he wrote the track for John F. Kennedy’s daughter Caroline, who was 11 years previous when the track got here out.
The inspiration was a photograph of Caroline that Diamond noticed in {a magazine} whereas staying at a resort in Memphis.
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A bit of Caroline Kennedy (middle) with Jackie and JFK (AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
“I had by no means mentioned it with anybody, deliberately,” Diamond stated. “I believed possibly I’d inform Caroline when he met her in the future.”
“It was a photograph of somewhat lady dressed to the nines in her using garments, subsequent to her pony. It was such an harmless and fantastic picture that I instantly felt there was a track there.”
Diamond lastly unveiled the track’s theme after performing the track on Caroline’s fiftieth birthday.
“It was a No. 1 file and it is in all probability probably the most well-known and necessary track of my profession, and I’ve to thank him for the inspiration,” he stated.
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Caroline now works as a world ambassador for the US (AFP /AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
“I am glad I instructed it and expressed it to Caroline. I believed she is perhaps embarrassed, however she gave the impression to be shocked and really, very pleased.”
Diamond later stated in a 2014 interview that he truly selected Caroline whereas trying to find a three-syllable title that may match a track he had written about Marcia, his spouse from 1969 to 1996.
Caroline now works as a world ambassador and in July took up the function of US ambassador to Australia below the Joe Biden administration.
Beforehand, she was the US ambassador to Japan below Barack Obama.
