“Sweet Caroline” has a new chorus geared for the era of social distancing. Neil Diamond, 79, tweeted his timely update of his legendary 1969 singalong anthem Sunday on Twitter. “Hi everybody, this is Neil Diamond, and I know we’re going through a rough time right now, but I love ya, and I think maybe if we sing together, well, we’ll just feel a little bit better.
Give it a try okay?” says the singer-songwriter in a two-minute clip, tweeted with the caption “Stay safe out there!” He then sings the track’s well-known lyrics, before getting to the coronavirus-inspired chorus: “Hands . . .
washing hands . . . Reaching out . . . don’t touch me, I won’t touch you.” As of Monday morning the tweet has garnered over 46,000 retweets and more than