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1967 vocal recorded past Frankie Valli

"Can't Have My Eyes Off You"
Can't Take My Eyes Off You.jpg

Cover of the 1967 U.s. single
Single by Frankie Valli
from the album Frankie Valli: Solo[1]
B-side "The Trouble with Me"
Released April 1967 (1967-04)
Recorded Apr 1967
Genre Pop stone
Length three:24
Label Philips
Songwriter(southward)
  • Bob Crewe
  • Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Bob Crewe
Frankie Valli singles chronology
"The Proud One"
(1966) 		"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
(1967) 		"I Brand a Fool of Myself"
(1967)

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 vocal written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded equally a unmarried past Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. two on the Billboard Hot 100 for a calendar week, stuck behind "Windy" by the Association.[2] Gaudio was a bandmate of Valli's in the Four Seasons. It was Valli'southward biggest solo hit until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You".[3]

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

"Tin't Take My Eyes Off You" has been recorded in many other arrangements, many of which have been on the charts in unlike countries. The vocal is a staple of television and film soundtracks, even existence featured as part of the plot of some films, such every bit when the characters sing their ain version of the song. The Valli version was besides used by NASA every bit a wake-up song on the STS-126 Infinite Shuttle mission, to celebrate the wedding ceremony of astronaut Christopher Ferguson, one of the mission'south crew members.[ citation needed ]

Credits [edit]

The song was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Arrangement was washed by Artie Schroeck and Gaudio. The original recording was fabricated at A & R Studio 2 (formerly Columbia Studio A) 799 7th Artery in New York Urban center, with Bob Crewe producing and Phil Ramone engineering science.

Reception [edit]

Billboard described the unmarried as "strong rhythm carol fabric from the pen of Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio with an infrequent Valli vocal combined with an heady Artie Schroeck organization."[5] Cash Box called the single a "shine, gentle, softly spoken romancer."[six]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Boys Town Gang version [edit]

"Tin can't Accept My Eyes Off You"
Single by Boys Town Gang
from the album Disc Charge
Released July 29, 1982
Recorded 1982
Genre Post-disco
Length 3:28
Label Moby Dick
Songwriter(s) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Bill Motley
Boys Boondocks Gang singles chronology
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'grand Yours"
(1982) 		"Tin can't Take My Eyes Off You lot"
(1982) 		"Make New Me"
(1984)

In 1982, San Francisco based post-disco band Boys Town Gang performed a dance version of the song which reached the superlative spot in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and number 4 in the United Kingdom.[xvi] [17] This version was besides successful in Japan, receiving a gilt digital certification by the RIAJ in 2011, and is too on games such every bit Only Trip the light fantastic 4.

Rails listings [edit]

7" unmarried

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

7" single

  1. "Can't Take My Optics Off You" - three:40
  2. "Disco Kicks" - 4:04

Charts [edit]

Nautical chart (1982) Peak
position
Belgian Singles Nautical chart[18] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Peak 40)[19] 1
Irish Singles Nautical chart 5
Netherlands (Single Peak 100)[twenty] i
UK Singles Chart[21] 4
W High german Singles Nautical chart 43

Lauryn Hill version [edit]

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

Lauryn Hill's version of the vocal, was recorded In 1997, while Hill was eight months pregnant with her start child.[22] Information technology was first featured in the motion-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 vocal;[23] more radio stations followed suit, causing a domino issue effectually the U.S.,[24] [25] ultimately leading the song to peak at number two on the Rhythmic Top 40 nautical chart, despite Colina's characterization not releasing the song every bit a single.[26] [27] Due to the popularity of the song it was added as a subconscious track on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.[28]

This version was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Functioning in 1999, becoming the kickoff hidden track to ever receive a Grammy nomination.[29] [30] Outcome of Sound named it the best hidden track of all fourth dimension.[31] In 2014, VH1 also named it the all-time hidden rail of all time.[32] Academy Honor–winning actor Wood Whitaker was inspired to name his daughter True, after hearing Hill's version of the song.[33]

Charts [edit]

Nautical chart (1998-1999) Superlative
position
Australia ARIA Charts[34] viii
U.s. Rhythmic (chart)[35] two
US Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)[36] 35

Other cover versions [edit]

The song has been recorded by many artists. Amid the most notable examples are the following:

  • In late 1967, the Lettermen recorded the "Can't Take My Eyes Off Yous" every bit a medley with "Goin' Out of My Caput". Their rendition reached number 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 Easy Listening.[37]
  • A version past Andy Williams made information technology to number five on the UK singles chart and number eight 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 film Bridget Jones'southward Diary. It is also included in the soundtrack for Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2; Smithereens.[40] In 2002 he recorded a new version of the vocal, every bit 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 vocalist recorded on her live album by phillips No Teatro da Praia
  • 1979, Maureen McGovern (number 27 on the United states of america Developed Contemporary chart in 1979; number 5 Canadian Ac in 1980).[42]
  • 1991, Pet Shop Boys used function of the song on their version of U2'due south "Where the Streets Have No Proper 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 by Darrell Bong), which peaked at number v in the Dutch Tiptop xl charts.[44]
  • 2000, Sheena Easton recorded for her Euro HNRG Disco Album Fabulous.
  • 2002, Muse released a cover version of the vocal on the Dead Star/In Your World unmarried.
  • 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 one-time Wales national football squad director Gary Speed. The song was adopted as an anthem for Welsh football fans during Speed's playing career with Wales after existence used in a BBC Wales promo for the 1994 World Cup qualifying campaign.[45]
  • In 2019, Surf Mesa remixed a cover version of the song as a single under the title "ILY (I Dearest Yous Infant)". The single reached the Meridian 40 in over thirty countries, and is certified Platinum in six countries.
  • 2000, Leon Lai covered the vocal for his anthology Beijing Station in Cantonese

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External links [edit]

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

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