It was the first time they sang this together. For the album, due to professional commitments, they each performed their parts on separate coasts, and a recording company mixed them. This is one of the top truly magical moments in television history.

This song always brings tears to my eyes. Who's listening in 2024.

No dancers, no auto tune, and covered from head to toe. How in the world did they get a standing ovation? Oh yeah, it's called talent.

One of the best duets of all time. No fancy staging, no exaggerated musical scores. Just two voices communicating human emotions to the audience. Yes, please.

A good Jewish boy and Jewish girl making beautiful music together ❤️

I heard that Streisand had such terrible stage fright before this performance. Diamond said “just keep your eyes on me.”

Barbra writes in her autobiography that the moment she touches Neil's face was unplanned. A spur of the moment thing. The audience loved it

After fourty five years it still brings tears to my eyes. What a magnificent performance.

This was 43 years ago. I hope I never forget watching this on the Grammy’s. The way Neil looks at her, the way she touches his face at the end. True chemistry!

This is back when the Grammy's had class.

I love how he locks eyes with her WITHOUT BREAKING for the entire song.

We're the lucky ones who were able to watch this in our living rooms and not on KZfaq. Loved it then and love it now. We grew up with the best music.

When music was beautiful and respectful. No dawgs or bitches invited. Thank God I grew up in this time.

How can you not watch this by two of the most amazing solo artists and not cry and think they were ''making love'' on stage

If a man ever looked at me that way, I would never let him get away.

great song. Whats really more interesting Barbra and Neil attended the same high school graduated the same class and had choir together.

Barbara didn't perform live for 27 years (during one point of her career), you can see the relief on her face and her gesture as they walked off the stage.

I was working the evening this aired. My sister told me described it beautifully, explaining the magic and chemistry. She sadly told me I would never get to see the performance. She sadly lost her battle with Cancer in 1982. I think of her ever time I watch. I have felt her with me a few times, she is glad she was wrong.

Two of the greats. Barbra’s clarity and Neil’s warmth is a perfect match.

This never gets old. It's an absolute masterclass in how to perform a duet. ❤❤

perhaps the BEST duet EVER broadcast on live television.

The best live performance I have ever seen. 😊

The quiet power of Neil's voice is such that it doesn't even get lost in Barbara's amazing vocal acrobatics 🥰❣

There is no music, there are no singers like Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond anymore. This was a performance for the ages. Two incredible talents sharing a few moments and creating something we will never stop watching.

Neil never tried to outshine anybody….He didn’t have to! What a shining star! Amazing in every way!

No computer gimmicks, Raw talent, Really Amazing live performance. Thank you.

Shame that duets like this don’t happen anymore

Is anyone here to watch this after listening to Barbra speak about it in her book?

It's still a knockout punch every time I watch it. You are just amazed at the sheer, raw talent of the likes of Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand - and when you put them together for this duet it is just pure magic. The audience who were there on the night gave a standing ovation, which I'm sure went for many minutes, as they knew they were the presence of a performance that would never be equalled again. You just don't see talent like that anymore.....

Back when the Grammys mattered

I watched this when it first aired during the Grammy’s, no introduction they just walked onto the dark stage. Super cool, still the all time greatest duet!

It's insane how they can connect with all of us just by singing and having eye contact and minimum physical contact with each other. This is what the new generation is missing out. 🔥❤️

My mother worshipped Barbra Streisand. She played this song all the time... when I was a young person..I am 50 now...her marriage to my father wasn't a fairytale...my mom wanted to be "cherished". she would tell me repeatedly...my father did cherish her, they just couldn't communicate.. yet they were together over 50 years...until he died at their home in 2010....she died earlier this year... I found all these greeting cards that my dad had given my mom...she kept every single card...and there was an intimacy...there was..and a loyalty....they just couldn't put pride aside... Miss them both very much...

Barbra said in her book she was nervous and her voice wobbled when she was walking toward him, she told herself to get it together girl. It was hardly noticeable. Wonderful performance.

I love the way they look at each other while their singing. The Best duet ever!

I’ve just watched this over and over again. Barbra is so very nervous and who wouldn’t be singing a superstar like Neil Diamonds song not only with him but at the Grammys having only ever sung it together over the phone. I take my hat off to him regarding the advice he gave her and how his performance was so relaxed . It would have helped her calm her nerves. Absolutely beautiful rendition from both❤

Awe to be serenaded by a handsome man like Neil Diamond. I was just a young girl when I fell for him and his music. This duet with the Great Barbara Streisand is pure MAGIC!!!!

One of the best duets in my lifetime. Truely amazing.

The emotions of this performance still hit, decades later

This was truly the greatest moment of Grammy's history. The duet between Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond was the most beautiful and touching moment for the two super stars coming together and performing this beautiful song.

Barbara and Neil, greatest voices in the World!

Neil has been a part of my life since my teens and the absolute expressiveness in Barbaras voice is magic.

I still get chills over this being the first time they actually were in the same room singing this for the first time.

Barbra’s memoir brought me here. She wrote that she was so nervous. However, during rehearsal the producer has a bouquet of flowers on a stool in the middle of the stage. She asked it to be removed because the song is YOU DONT bring me flowers. LOL! Great direction by Barbra

They deserved an Oscar for this performance👋👋👋👋👋

Pure, straight up, unadulterated magic. I get a chill every time I watch this, and that’s a lot of times.

A beautiful song sung by two beautiful people. Such chemistry between the two of them. Hard to believe this was released as a single originally. One of the best duets in my opinion. Something rarely seen today.

I still love how Neil Diamond lets Barbra Streisand shine in this piece. Even though he could easily overpower her, he is the consummate gentle-man here. Just beautiful!

What a beautiful song by two amazing legendary legends

This was absolutely magical moment. The chemistry, the performers, simply unforgettable.

43 years later it still brings me to tears

That…. Right there…. Is perfection.

I was merely a child when I saw this live on television that night. I remember how it was all over the radio at the time. Looking back now at this colossal moment for the Grammys that I’d like to point out that this performance is as much about the time as it was performed as it was about the song itself. If you notice the audience applauds at least four or five times throughout the song. Those are the times when audiences appreciated the artist even more than now I think and they showed it by randomly applauding. Those applause, in those moments, you know where exactly the audience were feeling it. Anybody who went to the movie theater in the 1970s and the early 1980s will remember when audiences used to cheer at the screen, used to applaud at the screen, who used to scream at the screen and I mean for the most enthusiastic of films not just some horror movie. Films like “Rocky”, “Grease”, “Superman”, “Star Wars”. Audiences don’t applaud like that anymore. They just don’t respond like that anymore but I still do. ❤

How can you not love this? Simply beautiful.

2 voices that will last for generation's to come. And make them feel like we feel. Pure gold.

WOW! They just don't make them like this anymore! I remember how big this was when it was first on tv.

Truly beautiful, by two of the most gifted singers in world history. But Streisand voice truly magical.

This respect and chemistry is genuine. They were HS chums!!! Two friends who made it and helped change the course of music. I wish they perform this live at least one more time

One of the best duets and performances of all time. The moment she touches his face just sends chills.

This duet is just heartbreaking and phenomenal!! Barbra is my Queen!!!! Her voice is absolute perfection and Neil’s voice fits hers so flawlessly. Real voices - NO AUTOTUNE!! 🎤🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I watched this live and was in tears with chills too!! Stunning!!!

Amazing to think that these two were in the same high school choir!

Non importa se sono entrambi ebrei, sono semplicemente due cantanti straordinari che emozionano con la fusione delle loro voci. Bravissimi.

Love this so much. I’m still just a younger fella but damn this was so amazing. Both of them. Iconic.

In my book, this is the BEST DUET in the history of music!!! They sing emotion together like no other duo!!!

I was only 3 years old then, but why isn’t music like this anymore. All time geniuses in the world of music and know one to replace them once they are all gone 😢 Even my 14 year old daughter is listening to music from 25 years ago now.

This is perfection! Barbara is beautiful, her eyes, and her voice! Wow! Neil, perfect gentleman, and keeping eye contact all the way thru,.... Beautiful! I have to watch it two or three times every time and always takes my breath!

Every woman wants a Neil Diamond, the look of love in his eyes makes me remember being in love.

Such a beautiful song. I am still to this day mesmerized by Barbra's unconventional beauty.

Those voices blend perfectly!! Beautiful and so talented!

This is theatrical. The singing is just part of the act. But the talent is unreal.

Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand are saved because of my prayers!!! Praise the Lord!!!👍👍👍

Truly a class act, I was impressed by the way Neil was able to re-establish eye contact with Barbara. It is very subtle, so you must watch closely to catch this; young performers could learn a lot here.

I just read about this in her book and just had to see what it looked like, Awesome!

Just love love Neil. The ultimate singer and performer. Gorgeous with Barbara. Worst thing ever that he got sick. The worlds not the same when hes not singing.

One of the best duets I have ever heard!

A good bit of acting going on as well as singing. The whole performance was first class. They start out far apart from each other, then as the song progresses, they get closer and closer to each other, until they reconnect at the end. The record itself - before the performance - hints at a reconciliation between the two by the way they first sing the line "So you'd think I could learn how to tell you goodbye," in contrast to the way they sing the line the second time. They first sing it in syncopated time (for the musically unlearned, that means one starts to sing the line and then the other starts singing the same line before the first one gets done singing it. Kind of singing "around", as in row row row your boat), and then the second time they sing the line at the same time. They are then getting back in sync with each other, which hints to a reconciliation. At least, that's how I choose to view the song. The physical contact between the two at the end is more or less a confirmation of the reconciliation.

These were two musical Giants that came together, to record and sing one of the best duets ever done. Period.

I will never forget this moment in time! We all knew something magical was happening right before our eyes and no introduction was needed. Only wish there were more moments like this that hang in the rafters forever!

They just don’t sing ‘em like this anymore! Wow, such an amazing song sung by two of the most dynamic vocalists of the 1970s. This one and only live performance was from the Grammy Awards Ceremony. It aired February 27th, 1980. It’s so wonderful to be able to go back and watch old performances like this and countless others on KZfaq. I remember watching this as a kid in ‘80 thinking 🤔 I’d love to see that again…and now we can 😊

My favorite Grammy's moment of all time, and there have been many, many great performances.

Two dynamos in the music industry these are true artists in their field. I remember seeing this their voices are undeniably phenomenal. Thank you both for your many contributions to the worlds entertainment industry.

So worth coming back to often! 🥰👍👌 It is simply beautiful--Barbra's voice and Neil's sultry looks! 💞💞Always brings a tear to my eyes--when my husband was alive I would say, "I don't care if you pick Dandelions; just bring me flowers!" 💐

This song always makes me think of watching my parent’s relationship fall apart. Perfect that it’s sung by Barbra…thank you Barbra for giving my mother such joy in her short life. She played all of your songs to me. I love me some Barbra because of her. This is beautiful, and an amazing performance by both. Always makes me sad, but it’s so beautiful I still listen to it.

Interesting background to this song (excerpt from Wikipedia): The roots of the duet version, as chronicled in myriad Streisand and Diamond biographies as well as Streisand's Just for the Record box set, revolve around WAKY-AM/Louisville KY program director, Gary Guthrie, who spliced the two solo tracks together as a going away present to his wife, whom he had just divorced. As the real life fairytale behind the song unfolded, it triggered a media buzz worldwide from Good Morning America and People magazine to the BBC. Interest in the unofficial version of the duet caused such a clamor on the retail level that Columbia Records was compelled to bring Streisand and Diamond into the studio to record an "official" version in October 1978. The song reached number one on the Hot 100 chart for two non-consecutive weeks in December 1978, producing the third number-one hit for both singers

Remember watching - live...such a different world then...far, far better it was...

I woke up this morning with this in my head...I had forgotten how truly epic it was!! Chills!!!

2 powerhouses. Loved this performance.

I remember watching this live on t v Back when I was 17 almost 18. Back when you still got up to change the channels. Had Neil Diamonds album, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" on cassette tape. Listened to it all summer long. 1978

It was a DJ who noticed they had separately recorded the song but in the same key, so he cut it together himself. It was such a hit, Neil and Babs decided to make an official recording.

May each of us experience at least some moments of love and intensity that we all imagine is passing between these two amazing artists !

According to her book, this wasn't even originally a duet. A random disc jockey was going through a divorce and ended up splicing both of their solo versions together. The rest is history.❤

This a lovely little song ❤❤ It's been a long time since I heard it I remember my mam and dad singing it to each other pure lovingly across the room while they were both doing something i dunno mam wiping dishes dad at the radio their almost 50 years married god bless them I love them to bits but my dad was real lucky she stood by him now nothing could break them old skool love... ups and downs... beautiful ❤

Two of the greatest in a masterpiece....it does´nt get any better than this....... And for those who have witnessed this.....you may feel privileged....

This is one of my favorite vocal collaborations ever.

I am listening in 2024 and It is still fantastic

That hauntingly beautiful gaze between them and that moment when he lowers the mic and gently kisses her hand like there's no one else around them for miles, oh mannnnnnn. Melts me to the core! Im very blessed to have found a man who cherishes me like this! :) How in the world does this only have half a million views so far???!

I remember this when they appeared at the end. I cried then and I cried now.

I love you Barbara an icon 💓 of my generation you always take me right There back in memories of long ago ty God bless #ThewayweWere❤

No sólo cantaron hermoso, también sintieron cada palabra, que grandes intérpretes, la forma en que Neil mira a Barbra, es muy seductora y tierna a la vez. Emocionante presentación! ❤