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This article is about the Neil Diamond song. For the Kenny Loggins track that’s otherwise called simply “Heartlight”, see Welcome to Heartlight. “Heartlight” is a song written by Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager and her then-husband Burt Bacharach, and recorded by Diamond in 1982. The song is the first track on Diamond’s 1982 album, also titled Heartlight, and reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his eighth (and last) top 5 hit on the chart; the song is actually his last top 30 hit to date as well. The song also spent four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart in late 1982. The song is inspired by the blockbuster movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial When the alien E.T. leaves Earth, his heart glows a luminous red, hence the title of the song. The... Read on...