When you listen to "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, it certainly sounds like it was created with the sole intent of bringing these two superstars together on record. It's a seamless melding of their talents on a song tailor-made for each to showcase their vocals.
In actuality, the pairing only happened after a series of happy accidents made it possible. A failed attempt at a TV theme song and a duet that was almost forced into existence, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is one of the most serendipitous hits in pop music history.
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