Barbra Streisand Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers 

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.

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.

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

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

This is back when the Grammy's had class.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The best live performance I have ever seen. 😊

perhaps the BEST duet EVER broadcast on live television.

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!

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

AHH THE 80S...WHEN TALENT WAS WHAT REALLY MATTERED...I WANT TO GO BACK.

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❤

Back when the Grammys mattered

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

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. 🔥❤️

The emotions of this performance still hit, decades later

I don't think there was a doubt in a single member of that live audience that they were witnessing history--thrilling, tingling, electrifying. Look for a tape of the performance that shows it from the very, very beginning--where Neil and Barbra appear on opposite sides of the stage, pause, and then slowly start walking toward each other. You see, their appearance was a surprise; no one knew they were going to perform; and as they started walking toward each other, slowly but surely the audience recognizes who they are...and as you can imagine, they go crazy! :) I was living in a small apartment in New York and was in another room because of a commercial...and suddenly I heard these delighted cheers. I rushed back to my small TV, and there they were, walking toward each other. I was stunned, and then got really moved. An unforgettable moment on television. :)

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Wow, they really had chemistry..you could feel it.

I watched the live Neil diamond concert of 1986 on VHS when I was a child. I was under 10 years old and my parents played that concert a lot and my siblings and I grew up listening to that concert so much. We all love Neil Diamond. We all even saw him live at the Houston Rodeo. Amazing!!!! My Dad is now passed so now, I can’t hear this without crying. Love this so much.

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

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

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

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!

That…. Right there…. Is perfection.

Neil Diamond you were a perfect gentleman purchasing Barbra Streisand's I also can't believe the two of you went to high school together in New York and we're in choir. There won't be any great artists like Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond 💎. They were a great classical act. That's when the Grammys were really good in the Late 1970,s and the1980s and to give two great artists a standing ovation at the Grammys in February 27,1980.

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

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

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.

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

Shame that duets like this don’t happen anymore

What a beautiful song by two amazing legendary legends

I was 12 when this came out. I was already Ms. Barbara's #1 fan❤. But after this came out on tv Neil Diamond became my first crush❤🎵🥰☺️💐😘

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

I am listening in 2024 and It is still fantastic

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!!!!

How can you not love this? Simply beautiful.

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

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

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

This is one of my favorite vocal collaborations ever.

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

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.

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

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.

43 years later it still brings me to tears

Watched this a thousand times, it will never get old to me. ❤

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

WOW The chemistry between those two is splashing from my screen.

I love the way he keeps eye contact with Barbra when he kisses her hand. So romantic!

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.

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.

From Neil Diamond's dynamic live performances I get the sense he could have easily overpowered Barbara Streisand but is holding back so as not to. There's a magic about this duet that gets me every time. You can see it got to everyone else in the audience too, by their reaction during, and at the end of the song. Thank you to these two legendary artists for a duet that is one for the ages!

Just Beautiful! ❤

One of the best duets I have ever heard!

OMG I had forgotten that song it is so beautiful. Brings me to tears.

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!! 🎤🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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 ❤

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

Good wine never ages! Just lovely ❤

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

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!" 💐

Neil could have floored her, such a gentleman

Hi this is ANTHONY MARVELLI AND MAY GOD KEEP BLESSED YOU AND Barbara for evermore and be happy always and I love you Barbara and Neil always ❤️ 💙

When Neil look at her singing its like he could just literally eat her. Pure raw passion.

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

Neil Diamond is so handsome and his voice...................!

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. ❤

Simply gorgeous

What a feeling, what a song that bring still tears to my eyes.

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

I remember watching this. I was just a kid. Kind of liking the melody. But what really stood out to was “Barbara” was dressed like my “mom”. And over the years, like many, I got it.

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❤

Babs murdered this. Recognize the real.

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

2 powerhouses. Loved this performance.

I had forgotten what a gorgeous man Neil was back then..and the way he looked at Barbra really sucked you totally into the feelings they were creating. Very few duets capture the emotion a love song is supposed to embrace...Bradley and lady gaga at the Oscar's also made that happen...but can anyone out there think of any others ... this was a rare spectacular performance...

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.