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1967 vocal recorded by Frankie Valli

"Tin't Take My Optics Off You lot"
Can't Take My Eyes Off You.jpg

Cover of the 1967 US single
Single by Frankie Valli
from the anthology Frankie Valli: Solo[one]
B-side "The Trouble with Me"
Released April 1967 (1967-04)
Recorded April 1967
Genre Popular rock
Length 3:24
Label Philips
Songwriter(s)
  • Bob Crewe
  • Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Bob Crewe
Frankie Valli singles chronology
"The Proud One"
(1966) 		"Can't Take My Eyes Off You lot"
(1967) 		"I Make a Fool of Myself"
(1967)

"Tin't Have My Eyes Off You lot" is a 1967 song written past Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Information technology was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. ii on the Billboard Hot 100 for a calendar week, stuck behind "Windy" past the Association.[2] Gaudio was a bandmate of Valli's in the Iv Seasons. It was Valli's biggest solo striking until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored Yous".[3]

Bob Gaudio, an original fellow member of the 4 Seasons, refers to "Eyes" equally "...the one that almost got abroad" until Windsor, Ontario radio station CKLW (a station also serving the Detroit metro on the American side of the border) intervened. In 1967, the record'southward producers urged Paul Drew, program manager at the legendary station, to consider the melody for rotation. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, CKLW was credited with launching hit records via its powerful point, blanketing the Great Lakes region. Drew didn't warm to the song at first, but accepted an invitation to hear it live at the Roostertail, where Frankie Valli was performing a weeklong stint with the 4 Seasons. Drew liked what he heard and added the vocal to his station's playlist. "The switchboards lit upwards, and the residuum, as they say, is history," Gaudio recalls.[4]

"Can't Take My Optics Off Yous" has been recorded in many other arrangements, many of which have been on the charts in different countries. The song is a staple of television and film soundtracks, even existence featured as part of the plot of some films, such equally when the characters sing their ain version of the vocal. The Valli version was also used by NASA as a wake-up song on the STS-126 Space Shuttle mission, to celebrate the wedding anniversary of astronaut Christopher Ferguson, 1 of the mission's crew members.[ citation needed ]

Credits [edit]

The song was written past Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Arrangement was washed by Artie Schroeck and Gaudio. The original recording was made at A & R Studio two (formerly Columbia Studio A) 799 7th Artery in New York Metropolis, with Bob Crewe producing and Phil Ramone engineering.

Reception [edit]

Billboard described the single as "strong rhythm ballad textile from the pen of Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio with an exceptional Valli vocal combined with an exciting Artie Schroeck arrangement."[5] Cash Box called the single a "smooth, gentle, softly spoken romancer."[half-dozen]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Boys Town Gang version [edit]

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You lot"
Unmarried by Boys Boondocks Gang
from the album Disc Charge
Released July 29, 1982
Recorded 1982
Genre Mail service-disco
Length 3:28
Characterization Moby Dick
Songwriter(southward) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Neb Motley
Boys Town Gang singles chronology
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"
(1982) 		"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
(1982) 		"Make New Me"
(1984)

In 1982, San Francisco based postal service-disco band Boys Town Gang performed a dance version of the vocal which reached the elevation spot in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and number 4 in the United Kingdom.[xvi] [17] This version was also successful in Nihon, receiving a aureate digital certification by the RIAJ in 2011, and is also on games such as Merely Trip the light fantastic 4.

Rail listings [edit]

seven" single

  1. "Can't Take My Eyes Off Yous" - 3:28
  2. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (Reprise) - 4:42

7" single

  1. "Can't Take My Optics Off You" - iii:twoscore
  2. "Disco Kicks" - iv:04

Charts [edit]

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart[eighteen] one
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[xix] i
Irish Singles Chart 5
Netherlands (Single Peak 100)[xx] 1
UK Singles Nautical chart[21] 4
Due west German Singles Chart 43

Lauryn Hill version [edit]

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You lot"
Song by Lauryn Hill
from the album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Released Baronial 25, 1998
Genre Pop
Length 3:41
Label Ruffhouse, Columbia
Songwriter(s) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill's version of the song, was recorded In 1997, while Colina was 8 months pregnant with her get-go child.[22] It was first featured in the picture show, Conspiracy Theory (1997). While the song wasn't featured on the soundtrack, a radio jockey at KMEL in San Francisco put the song on a CD, and began playing the song;[23] more radio stations followed suit, causing a domino effect effectually the U.S.,[24] [25] ultimately leading the vocal to acme at number two on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, despite Colina'due south characterization not releasing the song as a single.[26] [27] Due to the popularity of the song it was added as a hidden rails on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.[28]

This version was also nominated for a Grammy Accolade for Best Female Pop Vocal Operation in 1999, becoming the first hidden track to ever receive a Grammy nomination.[29] [xxx] Issue of Sound named it the best hidden track of all time.[31] In 2014, VH1 besides named it the best hidden track of all fourth dimension.[32] Academy Award–winning actor Forest Whitaker was inspired to name his daughter Truthful, after hearing Loma'southward version of the song.[33]

Charts [edit]

Chart (1998-1999) Height
position
Australia ARIA Charts[34] eight
US Rhythmic (chart)[35] 2
U.s.a. Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)[36] 35

Other encompass versions [edit]

The song has been recorded by many artists. Among the virtually notable examples are the post-obit:

  • In belatedly 1967, the Lettermen recorded the "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" as a medley with "Goin' Out of My Head". Their rendition reached number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 Easy Listening.[37]
  • A version by Andy Williams made it to number 5 on the Uk singles chart and number 8 on the Irish Singles Chart in 1968.[38] The arranger and producer was Nick DeCaro and the conductor was Eddie Karam.[39] This version is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 motion picture Bridget Jones'southward Diary. It is as well included in the soundtrack for Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2; Smithereens.[xl] In 2002 he recorded a new version of the song, as a duet with British actress and singer Denise van Outen, which reached number 23 in the Uk singles charts.[41]
  • 1970, Elis Regina the brazilian singer recorded on her alive album by phillips No Teatro da Praia
  • 1979, Maureen McGovern (number 27 on the Usa Developed Gimmicky nautical chart in 1979; number v Canadian AC in 1980).[42]
  • 1991, Pet Store Boys used part of the vocal on their version of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name", which reached number 4 in the U.Chiliad. and number 72 in the U.S.[43]
  • 1992, Dutch singers Gerard Joling and Tatjana Šimić recorded a duet version of the song (including a rap segment past Darrell Bong), which peaked at number five in the Dutch Superlative 40 charts.[44]
  • 2000, Sheena Easton recorded for her Euro HNRG Disco Album Fabulous.
  • 2002, Muse released a embrace version of the song on the Dead Star/In Your World single.
  • 2004, Jennifer Peña recorded a Latin version of the song, "No Hay Nadie Igual Como Tú", which reached number 33 on the Latin charts.
  • 2011, Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones sang an audio-visual version of the song in tribute to sometime Wales national football team manager Gary Speed. The song was adopted as an canticle for Welsh football game fans during Speed's playing career with Wales afterwards being used in a BBC Wales promo for the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign.[45]
  • In 2019, Surf Mesa remixed a embrace version of the song as a single under the title "ILY (I Dearest You Baby)". The single reached the Peak 40 in over thirty countries, and is certified Platinum in 6 countries.
  • 2000, Leon Lai covered the vocal for his album Beijing Station in Cantonese

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External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this song
  • "Official Frankie Valli Site". Retrieved 2010-2-xvi.
  • RIAA - Golden & Platinum Searchable Database
  • Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You on YouTube
  • The Lettermen - Goin' Out of My Head / Can't Have My Eyes Off You (Live) on YouTube

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