"C'mon Marianne" is a song composed by

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and Raymond Bloodworth and popularized by The Four Seasons in

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. Produced by

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, the single was the last Four Seasons single to reach the Top Ten of the ''

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chart in the 1960s, and their last Top Ten hit until "

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" in 1975. "C'mon Marianne" hit the charts less than a month after lead singer

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's "solo" (with Four Seasons participation) hit, "

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", hit No. 2. Originally on the ''New Gold Hits'' album, a different version of the song was distributed on promotional singles distributed to

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s 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. 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. ''

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'' called it an "infectious, fast-moving toe-tapper." The song sported a riff which

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also appropriated in their 1968 single " Touch Me". In 1976,

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recorded "C'mon Marianne" and it was released on his album ''

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''. The song reached No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 25 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart. Songwriter L. Russell Brown would compose (or co-compose) a string of hit records in the 1970s, including several recorded by

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Chart history

Weekly charts

;The Four Seasons ;Donny Osmond

Year-end charts

References

1967 songs 1967 singles 1976 singles The Four Seasons (band) songs Donny Osmond songs Songs written by L. Russell Brown Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe Song recordings produced by Mike Curb Philips Records singles Polydor Records singles {{1960s-single-stub