My Eyes Adored You

"My Eyes Adored You"
Single by Frankie Valli
from the album Closeup
B-side "Watch Where You Walk"
Released November 1974 (1974-11)
Format 7" single
Genre Pop rock
Label Private Stock
Writer(s)
Frankie Valli singles chronology
"The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low)"
(1969)		 "My Eyes Adored You"
(1974)		 "Swearin' to God"
(1975)

"My Eyes Adored You" (original working title, "Blue Eyes in Georgia") is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan.[1] It was originally recorded by The Four Seasons in early 1974. After the Motown label balked at the idea of releasing it, the recording was sold to lead singer Frankie Valli for $4000. After rejections by Capitol, Atlantic, and other labels, Valli succeeded in getting the recording released on Private Stock Records, but the owner/founder of the label wanted only Valli's name on the label. The single was released in the U.S. in November 1974 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1975.[1] "My Eyes Adored You" also went to number 2 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1975.

The single was Valli's second number 1 hit as a solo artist, and remained there for one week, being knocked out of the top spot by another Crewe/Nolan-penned song, "Lady Marmalade". Although it was released as a Valli solo effort, the song is sometimes included on Four Seasons compilation albums. It is from the album Closeup.

The success of "My Eyes Adored You" triggered a revival of interest in recordings by The Four Seasons. The band was subsequently signed to Warner Bros. Records as Valli's follow-up single, "Swearin' to God" was climbing to number 6 on the Hot 100.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–75) Peak
position
Australia KMR 3
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 2
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 3
New Zealand 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Rank
Australia 36
Canada 47
New Zealand[7] 5
UK 62
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 5
U.S. Cash Box[9] 12

Personnel

Other versions

References

  1. 1 2 Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard book of number 1 hits. Random House. p. 398. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 248.
  3. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  4. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1975 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1975-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  9. ↑
Preceded by
"Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
March 22, 1975 (one week) 		Succeeded by
"Lady Marmalade" by Labelle


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