| "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" | ||||
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| Single by The Four Seasons | ||||
| from the album 2nd Vault of Gold Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Beggar's Parade (from the album Workin' My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits)" | |||
| Released | May 1966 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sandy Linzer-Denny Randell | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Crewe | |||
| The Four Seasons singles chronology | ||||
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"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" is a song composed by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell and recorded by The Four Seasons in 1966 for their album Working My Way Back to You. The song was released as the official follow-up to the title song of the album and reached the #13 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1]
This was the first hit with new full-time bassist/bass vocalist Joe Long.
The title "Opus 17" meant that this was the 17th single released by the Four Seasons.
As was the case with another Linzer-Randell contribution to the Four Seasons catalog, "Let's Hang On!", "Opus 17" features a rhythmic vocal hook within each verse, but, unlike in most Four Seasons singles, falsetto singing is muted except in the Coda section by Frankie Valli. The song begins in F Major , and goes up by half scale, until it reaches the climax in B-Flat Major.
Chart history
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[2] | 33 |
| New Zealand (Listener)[3] | 9 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[4] | 12 |
| UK [5] | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 13 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] | 9 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 297.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-06-27. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
- ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 26 August 1966
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 210. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, , 1966