Walk Like a Man (Four Seasons song)

Infobox Single
Name =Walk Like a Man


Artist =The Four Seasons
from Album =Big Girls Don't Cry And Twelve Others
B-side =Lucky Ladybug
Released =January 1963
Format =7"
Recorded =
Genre =Rock
Length =2:17
Label =Vee-Jay Records
Writer =Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer =Bob Crewe
Certification =
Chart position=* #1 (USA Hot 100)
Last single =Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
(1962)
This single =Walk Like a Man
(1963)
Next single =Ain't That a Shame!
(1963)For|other uses of "Walk Like a Man"|Walk Like a Man"Walk Like a Man" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by The Four Seasons and featuring the counterpoint of Nick Massi's bass voice and the falsetto of lead singer Frankie Valli. Ignoring their Christmas single "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", it was their third consecutive number one hit, initially reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on March 2 1963. It remained at number one for three weeks.

During the sessions that produced the hit recording, the fire department received an emergency call from the Abbey Victoria Hotel (the building that housed the Stea-Phillips Recording Studios). As producer Bob Crewe was insisting upon recording the perfect take, smoke and water started to seep into the studio as the group repeated their efforts upon Crewe's insistence: the room directly above the studio was on fire, yet Crewe blocked the studio door and continued recording until a few firemen used their axes on it and pulled Crewe out. [Sasfy, Joe. "Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons: 1961-1967", Time-Life Records "The Rock 'N' Roll Era" (1987)]

Cover versions of the song have been recorded by other musicians such as the Mary Jane Girls and Divine.

A parody of the song entitled "Now You're a Man" appeared on the animated series Captain N: The Game Master.

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