Who Loves You - The Four Seasons (1975) 6/6/21

The year was 1975. The Four Seasons hadn't had a Top 10 hit since 1967's "C'mon Marianne," which made it to #9 on the Hot 100.

In the ensuing years, their original record label, Phillips, dropped them. Then Motown signed them and nothing happened, so they were dropped again. Now they had signed with Warner Brothers and the pressure to come up with a hit was intense.

But things were looking up. The disco era was just beginning, and Bob Gaudio who had been with the group since the very beginning, and had written many of their hits, thought a disco-style song would put The Four Seasons back on top.

He and his wife, songwriter Judy Parker, put their heads together and came up with "Who Loves You:" today's "Great Song of the '70s:"

In addition to being a disco style song, there were two other things that made "Who Loves You" stand out from The Four Seasons' earlier hits: It had an odd "fade in" beginning, and Frankie Valli did NOT sing falsetto--leaving the high stuff to the other group members. Gaudio's hunch paid off. "Who Loves You" was a Top 10 hit in the UK (#6) as well as the US, where it reached #3 on the Hot 100 and #7 on the Adult Contemporary Chart.

The Four Seasons were back--thanks to "Who Loves You:" a "Great Song of 1975!"

And just for fun, here's "C'mon, Marianne" (1967):