"Silence Is Golden" is a song initially recorded by the American rock band the Four Seasons. Written by

Bob Crewe Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He was known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for the Four Season ...

and

Bob Gaudio Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majori ...

Philips Records Philips Records is a record label founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips. It was founded as Philips Phonographische Industrie in 1950. In 1946, Philips acquired the company which pressed records for British Decca's Dutch outlet in A ...

released it in 1964 as the

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of the U.S. number 1 single " Rag Doll", which was also written by Crewe/Gaudio.

The Tremeloes The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, England. They initially found success in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, scoring a UK chart-topper in 1963 with "Do You Love Me". After Poole's departu ...

' 1967 cover version reached number 1 on the

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and number 11 on the US charts.

The Tremeloes version

In 1967 British band

recorded their sound-alike take using the same arrangement as the original; this rendition reached the top position on the UK chart on 18 May 1967, where it stayed for three weeks. Band member Len 'Chip' Hawkes remembered getting up in the middle of the night, going to London with the rest of the band and walking down The Strand in the night the song reached number one. Guitarist Rick Westwood sang lead vocal on "Silence Is Golden". In the U.S.,

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...

released the single, which reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was one of the top 100 songs of 1967. The song sold one million copies globally, earning

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status. The Tremeloes also recorded an Italian version, "E in silenzio". The song was also covered in 1967 by The Plus Four, and by Swedish singer

Jim Jidhed Jim Jidhed (born February 23, 1963), sometimes known as Jim Willy Jidhed, is a Swedish rock singer. Jidhed's first major break was as the lead singer for the rock band Alien in the late 1980s with the ballad "Only One Woman". After that he release ...

(in English) in 1989.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

The Tremeloes information (unofficial)
{{Authority control 1964 singles 1967 singles Songs written by Bob Gaudio Songs written by Bob Crewe The Four Seasons (band) songs Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Number-one singles in New Zealand Number-one singles in Norway Number-one singles in South Africa UK Singles Chart number-one singles Philips Records singles Epic Records singles 1964 songs The Tremeloes songs Song recordings produced by Mike Smith (British record producer)