"true"^^ . . "1969 singles" . "Holly Holy" . "1969-10-13"^^ . "true"^^ . "Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America" . "Neil Diamond" . . . . . "false"^^ . "Holly Holy" . "Uni Records singles" . . "Uni Records" . "Junior Walker songs" . "3094" . . "1969 songs" . "105.0"^^ . "4208467" . "254000.0"^^ . "-8.3"^^ . . "%22Holly Holy%22 is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond with instrumental backing provided by L.A. session musicians from The Wrecking Crew. Released as a single on October 13, 1969, it was quite successful as the follow-on to %22Sweet Caroline%22, reaching number 6 on the U.S. pop singles chart by December. It became a gold record and then eventually platinum.A work with a spiritual focus, %22Holly Holy%22 was influenced by gospel music and was Diamond's favorite of the songs he had written to that point. It begins quietly with acoustic guitar against a bass line, with the sparse lyric stretched with elongated vowels. Gradually the arrangement builds up with a tempo shift in the bridge and a backing choir against strings lasting throughout.%22Holly Holy%22 was later included on Diamond's November 1969 album Touching You, Touching Me. It has been included in live versions on Diamond's Hot August Night (from 1972) and Greatest Hits: 1966\u20131992 (from 1992), as well as in various compilations.A treatment of %22Holly Holy%22 by Jr. Walker & the All Stars was a modest R&B hit in 1971.Nancy Sinatra covered the song for her second TV special, %22Movin' with Nancy on Stage%22 in 1971. Her studio recording was released on her 2013 album, Shifting Gears.%22Holly Holy%22 was covered in 1998 by UB40. %22Holly Holy%22 was a key soundtrack song in Holy Smoke!In Here Comes the Boom, it is sung by Charice.it was also used in Saving Silverman.%22Holly Holy%22 was played at the end of %22Landing%22, the Season 1 finale of The Astronaut Wives Club." . "2009-08-24"^^ . "Songs written by Neil Diamond" . "1969" . "2"^^ . "0.30949"^^ . "TRIAUNI128F4274C76" . "1969" . . "3c65de86-b393-45de-af96-98fa08dc6634" . "Neil Diamond songs" . . "22"^^ . "eng" . "290739"^^ . "english" . "5714dedd25ac0d8aee4c6284" . "0.633001"^^ . "Gramophone record" . "USSM10904141" . . "1971 singles" . .