Other Versions
Concurrent with the success of Diamond and Streisand's version of the song, country singers Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius released a country version of the song which reached number ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1979.
In 1980, a cover version of the song was recorded by expatriate American singer Dean Reed and Hungarian vocalist Kati Kovács in German and in English.
In 1982, Julie Andrews covered the song for her country music inspired-album, Love Me Tender, though it was only included on the international version of the album.
In 1993, UK TV presenter Noel Edmonds was tricked into singing the whole song on his show, Noel's House Party. Noel Edmonds had earlier recorded a duet of the song sung by fellow DJs John Peel and Tony Blackburn for use on his BBC Radio 1 show in 1979.
In 1996, the song was also sung by rappers Ice-T and an embarrassed Tupac Shakur during a Saturday Night Live show. It was also covered in spoken-word form by pianist Liberace.
On an episode of The Steve Harvey Show, Steve and Lydia performed the song during a teacher/student talent show at the school (with Lydia donning a Barbra Streisand wig).
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