Beggin'

Infobox Single
Name = Beggin


Artist = The Four Seasons
from Album = New Gold Hits
B-side = "Dody"
Released = February 1967
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 2:48
Label = Philips
Writer = Bob Gaudio-Peggy Farina
Producer = Bob Crewe
Certification =
Last single = Tell It to the Rain
(1966)
This single = Beggin'
(1967)
Next single = C'mon Marianne
(1967)

"Beggin'" is the title of a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1967.

Original version

The second single from the group's "New Gold Hits" album was produced by Bob Crewe, it reached the #16 position on the "Billboard" Hot 100 charts as lead singer Frankie Valli's "solo" recording output (with Four Seasons participation) was beginning to take more and more of the group's energy (his biggest "solo" hit of the 1960s, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", was released in May, only three weeks before The Four Seasons' last Top Ten hit of the decade, "C'mon Marianne"). The Four Seasons' version did not chart in the United Kingdom, where Timebox had a minor hit with the song instead.

Cover versions

In 2007, French musician Pilooski, re-edited and released his version of the song on the 2nd of June. This version reached #32 in the UK and #1 on the UK Dance Chart. It's the first single of the album "Beggin' The Ultimate Collection". The Pilooski re-edit, does not include any new instrumentation or vocals but is purely a manipulation of the original recording made by The Four Seasons, using echo and phase-polarisation.

Madcon version

Infobox Single
Name = Beggin


Artist = Madcon
from Album = So Dark The Con Of Man
B-side =
Released = October 26, 2007 (Norway)
March 21 2008 (Europe)
Format = CD, Digital Download
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop, Dance
Length = 3:38
Label = BonnierAmigo
Writer = Bob Gaudio-Peggy Farina
Producer = 3Elementz
Certification =
Last single = ?
This single = "Beggin'"
(2007)
Next single = "Back on the Road"
(2008)

The same year, the Norwegian hip-hop group Madcon released their version of the song. The version became very popular in Norway, reaching #1 on the charts. [http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=5173&albumtype=song&albumtype_id=] Madcons version of the song is a total re-recording, all instruments were performed by the production team [http://www.3Elementz.com 3Elementz] , and all vocals by Madcon. The single is 6 times platinum and the highest selling song in Norway in 2007, and has received the "hit of the year" Spellemannprisen award. The song is also popular becoming popular throughout Europe; In France it reached #1, in the UK it reached #5, and in Germany it peaked at #7.

Track listings

; CD single
# "Beggin'" (original version) — 3:38
# "Beggin'" (demolition disco remix) — 5:41

; CD maxi
# "Beggin" (original version) — 3:38
# "Beggin" (phreak inc. remix) — 4:11
# "Beggin" (demolition disco remix) — 5:41
# "Beggin" (DJ Size Rocfam remix) — 3:09
# "Beggin" (video)

; Digital download
# "Beggin'" (original version) — 3:38

Charts

s-ttl | title = Norwegian VG-lista number-one single (first run)
years = 7 November 2007 – 26 December 2007 s-ttl | title = Norwegian VG-lista number-one single (second run)
years = 2 January 2008 – 6 February 2008 s-ttl | title = French SNEP number-one single
years = 13 September 2008 – (4 weeks)

References