Let's Hang On!

Album: The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1965)
Charted: 4 3
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  • There ain't no good in our goodbyein'
    True love takes a lot of tryin'
    Oh, I'm cryin'

    Let's hang on to what we've got
    Don't let go, girl, we've got a lot
    Got a lot of love between us
    Hang on, hang on, hang on to what we've got

    You say you're gonna go and call it quits
    Gonna chuck it all and break our love to bits
    Break it up (I wish you'd never said it)
    Break it up (oh no, we'll both regret it)
    That little chip of diamond on your hand
    Ain't a fortune , baby
    But you know it stands for the love, (a love to tie and bind ya)
    Such a love (we just can't leave behind us)
    Baby (don't you know?)
    Baby (don't you go)
    Think it over and stay

    Let's hang on to what we've got
    Don't let go, girl, we've got a lot
    Got a lot of love between us
    Hang on, hang on, hang onto what we've got

    There isn't anything I wouldn't do
    I'd pay any price to get in good with you
    Patch it up (give me a second turnin')
    Patch it up (don't cool off while I'm burnin')

    You've got me cryin', dyin' at you door
    Don't shut me out, ooh, let me in once more
    Open up (your arms, I need to hold you)
    Open up (your heart, oh girl, I love you)

    Baby, don't you know?
    Baby, no, no, no
    Think it over and stay

    Let's hang on to what we've got
    Don't let go, girl, we've got a lot
    Got a lot of love between us
    Hang on, hang on, hang on to what we've got Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

  • Tunes78 from MinneapolisAs a follow-up to Jennifer Sun’s inquiry, the guitar opening has a sound I’ve never heard before. I’m fascinated with it.
  • Firebird7479 from 08007This originally appeared on The 4 Seasons Gold Vault of Hits, not the Very Best of The Four Seasons.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 27, 1966, the Four Seasons performed "Let's Hang On" on the Dick Clark produced ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program, 'Where The Action Is'...
    The week before the song was at #45 on Billboard's Top 100, that was also it's sixteenth and last week on the chart, six weeks earlier it had peaked at #3 {for 1 week}...
    It reached #4 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart...
    Between 1962 and 1977 the New Jersey quartet had forty songs on the Top 100; sixteen made the Top 10 with five reaching #1, "Sherry" for 5 weeks in 1962, "Big Girls Don't Cry" for 5 weeks in 1962, "Walk Like A Man" for 3 weeks in 1963 , "Rag Doll" for 2 weeks in 1964, and "December, 1963 (Oh! What A Night)"* for 3 weeks in 1976...
    Original bass singer/bass guitarist Nick Massi, born Nicholas Macioci, passed away on December 24th, 2000 at the age of 65...
    May he R.I.P.
    * In 1994 a remixed dance version of "December 1963" was released, and it peaked at #14 on the Top 100.
  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaWould love to know who did the opening guitar.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 2nd 1966, the Four Seasons performed "Let's Hang On" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
    At the time the song was at #11 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; a little under on month earlier on December 5th, 1965 it peaked at #3 for one week.
    {See 2nd post below}.
  • Rick from PhiladelphiaOpening hook reminiscent of The Beatles' "Day Tripper" and the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction".
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 5th 1965, "Let's Hang On" by the Four Seasons peaked at #3 (for 1 week) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on October 9th, 1965 and stayed on the Top 100 for 16 weeks...
    Sixteen years later in 1981 Barry Manilow covered it, his version reached #6 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Singles chart...
    Frankie Valli, born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, will celebrated his 80th birthday come next May 3rd, 2014.
  • Matthew from Toronto, OnComposed by Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell, who were also responsible for the group's "Dawn [Go Away]," "Working My Way Back to You," and "Opus 17," surely 4 of their most interesting songs. This one had a driving rhythm influenced by Motown and kept the group relevant at a very competitive time on the charts.
  • Jimmy T from Nyc, OrI think the Manilow remake was an example of one of the better remakes of an old song. The bass is great and it has a good beat. Jimmy T from NYC
  • Melissa from Duluth, MnI like it too Mary...I'm playing it right now, on oldies station KOOL 101.7, Duluth, MN!
  • Mary C. from Chicago, IlThis song ROCKS! I like it, anyway.
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