Heardle, January 8: Know clues and answer for today's music puzzle

If you are playing Heardle for the first time then here are the basic rules of the game.
You hear first one second of some famous song, try to guess the singer and the song. If you failed at the first attempt you get to hear more of the song. In total, you get six attempts and hear 16 seconds of the song.

The tracks played in the last week are:

Disco Inferno by The Trammps on Monday, January 2
Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey feat. Zedd on Tuesday, January 3

I’m Not the Only One by Sam Smith on Wednesday, January 4
Safe and Sound by Capital Cities on Thursday, January 5
Natural by Imagine Dragons on Friday, January 6
A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton on Saturday, January 7:

Here are clues for Heardle, Sunday, January 8:

This is a soft rock song.
It was originally released in 1969.
The song reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the U.K. singles chart.
The artist is from New York City.
The song is popular during sporting events, including after the Carolina Panthers win at home and in the middle of the eighth inning at Fenway Park.

Answer for Heardle, January 8

If you still want to play then don't scroll down for the answer. If waiting is not your game...

Then today's song is...

“Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond!

FAQs:

1. What is Heardle?
   It is a song-guessing game that you can play every day.
2. Who created Heardle?
   It is created by Omakase.