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Gloria Gaynor Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Yamaha Genos Roland G70 by Rico For the Nancy Wilson album, see Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (album). “I Love You Baby“ redirects here. For the films of that name, see I Love You Baby (film) and I Love You, Baby. For the song by The Original, see I Luv U Baby. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“ Can’t Take My Eyes Off Cover of the 1967 US single Single by Frankie Valli from the album Frankie Valli: Solo[1] B-side “The Trouble with Me“ Released April 1967 Recorded April 1967 Genre Pop rock Length 3:24 Label Philips Songwriter(s) Bob CreweBob Gaudio Producer(s) Bob Crewe Frankie Valli singles chronology “The Proud One“ (1966) “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“ (1967) “I Make a Fool of Myself“ (1967) “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“ is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week. Gaudio was a bandmate of Valli’s in the Four Seasons. It was Valli’s biggest solo hit until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with “My Eyes Adored You“. Bob Gaudio, an original member of the Four Seasons, refers to “Eyes“ as “...the one that almost 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, program director 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 signal, 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 Four 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 “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 song is a staple of television and film soundtracks, even being featured as part of the plot of some films, such as when the characters sing their own version of the song. 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, one of the mission’s crew members. The song was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Arrangement was done by Artie Schroeck and Gaudio. The original recording was made at A & R Studio 2 (formerly Columbia Studio A) 799 7th Avenue in New York City, with Bob Crewe producing and Phil Ramone engineering. In 1982, San Francisco based post-disco band Boys Town Gang performed a dance version of the song which reached the top spot in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and number four in the United Kingdom. This version was also successful in Japan, receiving a gold digital certification by the RIAJ in 2011, and is also on games such as Just Dance 4. Track listings 7“ single “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“ - 3:28 “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“ (Reprise) - 4:42 7“ single “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You“ - 3:40 “Disco Kicks“ - 4:04 Lauryn Hill’s version of the song, was recorded In 1997, while Hill was eight months pregnant with her first child. It was first featured in the movie, 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; more radio stations followed suit, causing a domino effect around the U.S., ultimately leading the song to peak at number two on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, despite Hill’s label not releasing the song as a single. Due to the popularity of the song it was added as a hidden track on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. This version was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1999, becoming the first hidden track to ever receive a Grammy nomination. Consequence of Sound named it the best hidden track of all time. In 2014, VH1 also named it the best hidden track of all time. Academy Award–winning actor Forest Whitaker was inspired to name his daughter True, after hearing Hill’s version of the song. 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 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. 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. The arranger and producer was Nick DeCaro and the conductor was Eddie Karam. This version is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary. It is also included in the soundtrack for Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2; Smithereens.