Sweet Caroline was released by Neil Diamond in 1969 and reached the top five in the US, later becoming one of his signature songs. Its second life came through live singalongs, especially at sporting events where crowds added the ba ba ba and so good chants between lines. Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park helped cement that ritual in the US, while football, darts and boxing crowds in the UK adopted it as a celebratory anthem, keeping the short chorus constantly reused online.