"Desiree" is a 1977 song written and recorded by Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

 and included as a track on Diamond's 1977 album, I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight

I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight

I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight is a Neil Diamond album released by Columbia Records in 1977. It includes a solo version of the song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"...

. The single peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and reached number one on the Easy Listening chart to become his fifth number one on that chart.

It was used as the first long-distance dedication on American Top 40

American Top 40

American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...

on the show aired August 26, 1978.