Other Cover Versions
The Four Seasons' original version did not chart in the United Kingdom. Instead, Northern Soul band Timebox had a minor hit with the song, peaking at #38 in 1968. In 1974, Dutch band Shocking Blue included a cover version of the song on their album Good Times. In 2008, British girl band The Saturdays, inspired by both Pilooski and Madcon, recorded their own version as a b-side for their single "Issues" and performed a live acoustic version on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge as well as on their The Work Tour in 2009. In June 2009 Dutch singer/songwwriter Bertolf recorded a semi-acoustic version live for the Dutch radio station 3FM. Since then Bertolf's version has been released commercially on iTunes, played regularly on said radio station and during live concerts.
Turkish türkü singer Ferhat Güzel also covered a parody of the song, dubbed "Begüm (Suçu Kendine At)" - literally "Begüm (Blame Yourself)", for Okan Bayülgen's TV show Disko Kralı. It was sung by Michael Sarver, Megan Joy, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai and Matt Giraud at the end of the first half of the American Idol Tour. Turkish band Dolapdere Big Gang recorded a cover of the song on their 2010 album Art-ist. French singer-guitarist Aymeric Savignat (aka "Tidusko") covers the song in the compilation album La Musique de Paris Dernière Vol.7 (2009). French singer and composer Claude François sung the French version Reste (lit. meaning "Stay") in 1968. In 2012, vocal harmony group District 3 performed the song as part of a mash-up with Chris Brown's Turn Up the Music on The X Factor UK.
Vocal group The Overtones also covered the song in 2011.
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