| "C'mon Marianne" | ||||
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| Single byThe Four Seasons | ||||
| from the album New Gold Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Let's Ride Again" | |||
| Released | May 1967[1] | |||
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| Length | 2:33 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriters | L. Russell Brown, Raymond Bloodworth | |||
| Producer | Bob Crewe | |||
| The Four Seasons singles chronology | ||||
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| "C'mon Marianne" | ||||
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| Single byDonny Osmond | ||||
| from the albumDisco Train | ||||
| B-side | "Old Man Auctioneer" | |||
| Released | May 1977 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop[3] | |||
| Label | Kolob | |||
| Songwriters | L. Russell Brown, Raymond Bloodworth | |||
| Producer | Mike Curb | |||
| Donny Osmond singles chronology | ||||
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"C'mon Marianne" is a song composed byL. Russell Brown and Raymond Bloodworth and popularized byThe Four Seasons in1967. Produced byBob Crewe, the single was the last Four Seasons single to reach the Top Ten of theBillboardHot 100 chart in the 1960s, and their last Top Ten hit until "Who Loves You" in 1975.
"C'mon Marianne" hit the charts less than a month after lead singerFrankie Valli's "solo" (with Four Seasons participation) hit, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", hit No. 2. Originally on theNew Gold Hits album, a different version of the song was distributed on promotional singles distributed todisk jockeys and released commercially, but when people did not react positively to a recording that was slower than and mixed differently from the "more familiar"LP version, the single was replaced with the album version. Ultimately, "C'mon Marianne" reached the No. 9 position on the Hot 100.[4]
This song begins with Acapella in B-Flat Major, with the first verse beginning in G Minor. After the repeated refrains, which ends in a descending vocal repeat of "Marianne", making it sound like a psychedelic song, the key of the song descends to the second verse that begins in F-Sharp Minor, with the repeated refrains in A Major, before the song's fade out.
Cash Box called it an "infectious, fast-moving toe-tapper."[5]
The song sported a riff whichThe Doors also appropriated in their 1968 single "Touch Me".
In the following year, 1968, the song was covered byGrapefruit, a London-based group headed by GlaswegianGeorge Alexander (b. Alexander Young), who was the older brother ofGeorge Young (fromThe Easybeats) and ofMalcolm andAngus Young ofAC/DC. The single, their third, also appeared on their first album,Around Grapefruit (1968).
In 1976,Donny Osmond recorded "C'mon Marianne" (with theOsmond Brothers providing backing vocals) and it was released on his albumDisco Train as well as theDonny and Marie albumFeaturing Songs from Their Television Show. The song reached No. 38 on theBillboard Hot 100 and No. 25 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart.[6]
Songwriter L. Russell Brown would compose (or co-compose) a string of hit records in the 1970s, including several recorded byDawn featuring Tony Orlando.
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