Watch the Flowers Grow
| "Watch the Flowers Grow" | ||||
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 US picture sleeve | ||||
| SinglebyThe Four Seasons | ||||
| from the albumEdizione d'oro (Gold Edition) | ||||
| B-side | "Raven (non-LP track)" | |||
| Released | October 1967 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | L. Russell Brown-Raymond Bloodworth | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Crewe | |||
| The Four Seasonssingles chronology | ||||
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"Watch the Flowers Grow"is a song composed byL. Russell Brownand Raymond Bloodworth and popularized byThe Four Seasonsin1967.The single was released in the wake ofThe Beach Boys'Pet SoundsandThe Beatles'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,"Watch the Flowers Grow" struggled up theBillboardHot 100,peaking at #30,[2]as The Four Seasons' music was rapidly falling out of favor with theAmericanrecord-buying public (the Four Seasons' next single, a cover ofThe Shirelles' #1 hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"did slightly better, reaching #24 as the lastTop 40Four Seasons hit until "Who Loves You"in 1975).
Billboarddescribed the single as a "timely, easy-beat ballad" that was one of the Four Seasons' "most unusual entries."[3]Cash Boxsaid that it's "gently pulsing, melodic, romp."[4]BassistJoe Longexpressed some embarrassment at the song in hindsight shortly before his death, feeling it to be a poor representation of his work with the Seasons compared to their cover of "I've Got You Under My Skin"and their later albumThe Genuine Imitation Life Gazette;he recalled that it was recorded at a point of desperation in the band's career.[5]
Songwriter L. Russell Brown would compose (or co-compose) a string of hit records in the 1970s, including several recorded byDawn featuring Tony Orlando.
References
[edit]- ^Lanza, Joesph (November 10, 2020). "Strobe Lights and Sweet Music".Easy-Listening Acid Trip - An Elevator Ride Through '60s Psychedelic Pop.Port Townsend:Feral House.p. 29.
- ^Whitburn, Joel(2004).The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition.Record Research. p. 238.
- ^"Spotlight Singles"(PDF).Billboard.October 21, 1967. p. 12.Retrieved2021-02-24.
- ^"CashBox Record Reviews"(PDF).Cash Box.October 21, 1967. p. 46.Retrieved2022-01-12.
- ^Trevelise, Steve (February 21, 2019)."Joe Long dishes on 'Jersey Boys,' time with the Four Seasons".WKXW.RetrievedJuly 4,2023.
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