The Four Seasons "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)"

[iceman]

The original was ok but I really liked the remix from 1994. I remember I couldn't get enough of it when it was out and at the time was surprised when my pop station played it.

[Deleted]

I love the original. I don't really care for the remix.

[mst3k]

I prefer the original, but I love both versions.

[stevie nice]

I was born in late December, 1963. Good song, the original, except that it's so frigging played out.

[jimmy74747]

stevie said:

it's so frigging played out.

[ClassicCase]

To me it's more of the original than of the remix. Adding the drum machine, it could do without.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Internet Radio
For Week Ending September 3, 1994[/color]

(Rank This Week, Last Week, Artist, Title)

01  01  Coolio -  Fantastic Voyage
02  03  Four Seasons -  December 1963 (Remix)
03  06  C+C Music Factory -  Do You Want To Get Funky
04  04  Tim McGraw -  Don't Take The Girl
05  05  Elton John -  Can You Feel The Love Tonight
06  02  Garth Brooks -  Hard Luck Woman
07  07  Babyface -  When Can I See You Again
08  10  John Mellencamp & Me'Shell N'Degeocello -  Wild Night
09  11  Tim McGraw -  Down On The Farm
10  13  Boyz II Men -  I'll Make Love To You

D63 spent 3 weeks at #2, ranking at #32 for 1994.

www.keystonehighways.com/uubru1994.html

The original version ranked at #16 on the UU-BRU Internet Radio 1976 Gold Archives.

www.keystonehighways.com/uubru1976.html

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[Keith3000]

I love the original...definitely the best song they ever did. How was the remix different (besides the added drum machine)?

[reception]

The remix is okay. I prefer the original.

[JCMF3]

I like both of them, but the remix a little more.

[620 Soul Train]

I like the remix, after all it climbed all the way to number one on my charts. The single remix was actually released in the Pan European countries first during the late summer of 1988.

[cartman2002]

The original got to #1 for three weeks in 1976 and the remix reached #14 in 1994

[BillboardBoy]

I like both versions.

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

The remix at that time sounded like a brand new song which made it cool. Definitely a classic.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Love this. Mega 103.5 (Miami) used to play this song alot as a disco/freestyle station in the late 90s. This song takes me back to that.

#64 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

A Four Seasons song called “December, 1963” in March 1976 should’ve probably been a cheap nostalgia ploy showing just how far the group’s peak was behind them. Instead, it was the crest of its second wave of pop dominance, with the group (and Frankie Valli solo) catching up to soft rock and disco, proving it still had the pop chops of a decade earlier. The dancefloor-stepping “December” did indeed look back — at a life-changing one-night stand, with inspiration from writer Bob Gaudio’s courtship of his real-life wife — but with a totally different sound from classic Four Seasons, even featuring drummer Gerry Polci on the awestruck lead vocals rather than Valli’s signature falsetto. The result was arguably the best and biggest hit of the Four Seasons’ entire career — one pop fans were nostalgic enough for in 1994 to send an updated remix back to the top 20. — A.U.