Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli Cover) video free download

From '' Can't Take My Eyes Off You ''

Label: Flarenasch -- 721.689

Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM

Country: France

Released: 1982

Tracklist

A Can't Take My Eyes Off You

B Disco Kicks

Producer -- Bill Motley

A Moby Dick Family Production.

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"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 single by Frankie Valli.

The song was among Valli's biggest hits, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a gold record.

It was Valli's biggest "solo" hit until he hit #1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You".

The song has had a major cultural impact, with hundreds of cover versions, many of which have been on the charts themselves in different countries.

The song is a staple of television and film soundtracks, even being featured as part of the plot of some films, such as when the lead characters sing or arrange their own version of the song.

Credits

The song was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio.

Arrangement, including the famous horns sequences, was done by Artie Schroeck and Gaudio.

Notable cover versions

The song has been covered by some 200 artists over the years, in many countries, being released sometimes under its original title "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and sometimes with an expanded title, "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You".

A few notable examples of cover versions which appeared on the charts:

A version by Jay and the Americans.

A version by Andy Williams made it to #5 on the UK singles chart in 1968.

This version is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary.

In 2002 he recorded a new version of the song, as a duet with British actress and singer Denise van Outen, which reached #23 in the UK singles charts.

In 1975, Julio Iglesias sings the song on his TV show.

In 1982, San Francisco based disco band Boys Town Gang performed a disco version of the song which reached #1 in Holland.

This version was also successful in Japan, receiving a gold digital certification by the RIAJ in 2011.

In 1991, the Pet Shop Boys used part of the song on their double A-side single "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)/How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?", which reached #4 in the U.K. (In the U.S., both sides of the single were released as separate singles and both charted, with "How Can You Expect to be Taken Seriously?" at #93 and the "Where The Streets Have No Name/I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" medley at #72.)

In 1993, the song was recorded by a-ha singer Morten Harket for the soundtrack of the movie Coneheads

In 1998, Lauryn Hill (#35 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart in 1998).

This version was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1999.

In 1999, Jatin-Lalit included a Hindi version, "Haan Haan Yeh Pyar Hai," in the film Dillagi.

2001, Pop Icon Sheena Easton recorded her version for her album Fabulous

2001, british group Muse, for the album "Dead Star/In Your World"

In 2004, Jennifer Peña recorded a Latin version of the song, "No Hay Nadie Igual Como Tu", which reached #33 on the Latin charts.

In 2006, Barry Manilow including this song on his album The Greatest Songs of the Sixties, which reached #2 on the Billboard 200, and #56 in the UK.

Other renditions of the song to have charted in the U.S. included versions by:

The Lettermen (#7 in 1967, in a medley with "Goin' Out Of My Head")

Nancy Wilson (#52 in 1969)

Maureen McGovern (#27 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1979)

Cultural influence

The song is a staple of film and television soundtracks, such as being used in the soundtrack of Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), and Coneheads (1993).

Some films incorporate it as a significant part of the plot, such as in The Deer Hunter (1978), with a famous bar scene where many characters begin to sing along with the jukebox.

It is also used in the plot in:

Son of the Mask (2005),

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999),

and in the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You, where the performance by Heath Ledger was nominated for Best Musical Sequence in the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.

In the 1997 film Conspiracy Theory, Julia Roberts sings along to the song while she is being watched through binoculars by Mel Gibson, who is singing the song at the same time.

The song is featured prominently in the Broadway musical Jersey Boys (2005--).

It has also been adopted as the song of Derwent College, University of York, in the United Kingdom.

In 2008, Valli's version of the song was played by NASA as the morning wake-up call for astronaut Christopher Ferguson, in honor of his anniversary while he was on the STS-126 Space Shuttle mission (WAV MP3).