"Don't Think... Feel" is a 1976 song by Neil Diamond from the album Beautiful Noise. It was released as a single in October 1976 and reached #43 in the US Hit Parade. The B-side was "Home is a Wounded Heart".[1]
The "Caribbean-flavored track" features Dr. John on Hammond organ and Jerome Richardson on flute.[2] The song was a take on hippie philosophy with the words "Don't think, feel. Ain't no big deal. Make it real. And don't think, feel."[3]
Cash Box said that "Diamond sings the lyric with an exotic flavor, almost reggae, and the chorus is a dynamite hook."[4] Record World said the song "has a carnival-like calypso flavor that feels good."[5]
The title and message of the song attracted comment both positive and negative.[6][7]
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