Baby Can't You See Your Supposed to Be With Me

1967 song recorded past Frankie Valli

"Can't Take My Eyes Off Y'all"
Can't Take My Eyes Off You.jpg

Comprehend of the 1967 U.s.a. single

Single by Frankie Valli
from the album Frankie Valli: Solo[1]
B-side "The Trouble with Me"
Released April 1967 (1967-04)
Recorded April 1967
Genre Pop stone
Length 3:24
Characterization Philips
Songwriter(southward)
  • Bob Crewe
  • Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Bob Crewe
Frankie Valli singles chronology
"The Proud 1"
(1966)
"Can't Have My Eyes Off You"
(1967)
"I Brand a Fool of Myself"
(1967)

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

Bob Gaudio, an original member of the 4 Seasons, refers to "Eyes" as "...the ane that most got away" 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's producers urged Paul Drew, programme manager at the legendary station, to consider the tune for rotation. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, CKLW was credited with launching hit records via its powerful betoken, blanketing the Great Lakes region. Drew didn't warm to the song at outset, just accustomed an invitation to hear it alive at the Roostertail, where Frankie Valli was performing a weeklong stint with the Iv Seasons. Drew liked what he heard and added the song to his station's playlist. "The switchboards lit up, and the rest, as they say, is history," Gaudio recalls.[iv]

"Tin can't Take My Eyes Off You" has been recorded in many other arrangements, many of which have been on the charts in different countries. The vocal is a staple of television and flick soundtracks, even being featured every bit function of the plot of some films, such equally when the characters sing their own version of the song. The Valli version was likewise used past NASA as a wake-upwards song on the STS-126 Infinite Shuttle mission, to gloat the nuptials ceremony of astronaut Christopher Ferguson, ane of the mission'southward crew members.[ citation needed ]

Credits [edit]

The vocal was written past Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Arrangement was done by Artie Schroeck and Gaudio. The original recording was made at A & R Studio ii (formerly Columbia Studio A) 799 seventh Artery in New York City, with Bob Crewe producing and Phil Ramone engineering.

Reception [edit]

Billboard described the single as "stiff rhythm ballad material from the pen of Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio with an exceptional Valli vocal combined with an exciting Artie Schroeck arrangement."[five] Cash Box called the single a "polish, gentle, softly spoken romancer."[6]

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Boys Town Gang version [edit]

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

In 1982, San Francisco based post-disco band Boys Town Gang performed a dance version of the song which reached the height spot in holland, Belgium, Spain and number four in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland.[16] [17] This version was too successful in Japan, receiving a gold digital certification by the RIAJ in 2011, and is also on games such as But Dance 4.

Runway listings [edit]

7" single

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

7" single

  1. "Can't Take My Optics Off You" - 3:xl
  2. "Disco Kicks" - 4:04

Charts [edit]

Nautical chart (1982) Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart[18] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top xl)[xix] 1
Irish gaelic Singles Chart 5
Netherlands (Unmarried Top 100)[twenty] 1
UK Singles Chart[21] 4
Due west High german Singles Chart 43

Lauryn Hill version [edit]

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

Lauryn Hill'south version of the song, was recorded In 1997, while Loma was 8 months pregnant with her first kid.[22] It was kickoff featured in the motion picture, 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 around the U.S.,[24] [25] ultimately leading the vocal to tiptop at number two on the Rhythmic Tiptop 40 chart, despite Colina's label non releasing the song as a single.[26] [27] Due to the popularity of the vocal it was added every bit a subconscious rails on The Miseducation of Lauryn Loma.[28]

This version was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female person Popular Vocal Performance in 1999, becoming the get-go hidden track to ever receive a Grammy nomination.[29] [30] Outcome of Sound named it the best hidden runway of all time.[31] In 2014, VH1 besides named it the best hidden track of all time.[32] University Honor–winning actor Forest Whitaker was inspired to proper noun his girl True, later hearing Hill's version of the song.[33]

Charts [edit]

Chart (1998-1999) Top
position
Commonwealth of australia ARIA Charts[34] viii
US Rhythmic (chart)[35] two
US Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)[36] 35

Other comprehend versions [edit]

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

  • In late 1967, the Lettermen recorded the "Can't Have My Eyes Off Yous" every bit a medley with "Goin' Out of My Head". Their rendition reached number vii on the U.South. Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 Easy Listening.[37]
  • A version by Andy Williams made it to number 5 on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland singles chart and number 8 on the Irish Singles Chart in 1968.[38] The arranger and producer was Nick DeCaro and the usher was Eddie Karam.[39] This version is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones'due south Diary. It is besides included in the soundtrack for Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2; Smithereens.[40] 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 vocalist recorded on her alive anthology past phillips No Teatro da Praia
  • 1979, Maureen McGovern (number 27 on the United states Adult Gimmicky chart in 1979; number 5 Canadian AC in 1980).[42]
  • 1991, Pet Shop Boys used office of the song on their version of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name", which reached number 4 in the U.Grand. and number 72 in the U.S.[43]
  • 1992, Dutch singers Gerard Joling and Tatjana Šimić recorded a duet version of the vocal (including a rap segment by Darrell Bell), which peaked at number 5 in the Dutch Elevation 40 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 Earth single.
  • 2004, Jennifer Peña recorded a Latin version of the vocal, "No Hay Nadie Igual Como Tú", which reached number 33 on the Latin charts.
  • 2011, Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones sang an acoustic version of the song in tribute to onetime Wales national football squad manager Gary Speed. The song was adopted as an anthem for Welsh football fans during Speed's playing career with Wales after beingness used in a BBC Wales promo for the 1994 Earth Cup qualifying campaign.[45]
  • In 2019, Surf Mesa remixed a cover version of the song every bit a unmarried under the title "ILY (I Dearest You Infant)". The single reached the Top forty in over 30 countries, and is certified Platinum in six countries.
  • 2000, Leon Lai covered the song for his album Beijing Station in Cantonese

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External links [edit]

  • Lyrics of this song
  • "Official Frankie Valli Site". Retrieved 2010-2-16.
  • RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database
  • Frankie Valli - Tin't Have My Eyes Off You lot on YouTube
  • The Lettermen - Goin' Out of My Head / Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Alive) on YouTube

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