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<h1>Silence Is Golden (song)</h1><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><h2><br></h2><h2><strong>"Silence Is Golden"</strong> is a song initially recorded by the American rock band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Four Seasons</a>. Written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crewe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Crewe</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gaudio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Gaudio</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philips Records</a> released it in 1964 as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B-side</a> of the U.S. number 1 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag_Doll_(The_Four_Seasons_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rag Doll</a>", which was also written by Crewe and Gaudio. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Tremeloes</a>' 1967 cover version reached number 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a> and number 11 on the US charts.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></h2><h2><br></h2><h2>The Tremeloes version</h2><p><br></p><p>In 1967 British band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Tremeloes</a> recorded their sound-alike version, using the same arrangement as the original. It reached the top position on the UK chart on 18 May 1967,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&amp;_Albums-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a> where it stayed for three weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a> Band member Len "Chip" Hawkes remembered getting up in the middle of the night, going to London with the rest of the band, and walking down The Strand, on the night the song reached number one.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a> Guitarist Rick Westwood sang lead vocal on "Silence Is Golden". In the U.S., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epic Records</a> released the single, which reached number 11 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> chart<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[9]</a> and was one of the top 100 songs of 1967. The record sold one million copies globally, earning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gold disc</a> status.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Is_Golden_(song)#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[10]</a></p><p>The song was also covered in 1967 by The Plus Four, and by Swedish singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jidhed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jim Jidhed</a> (in English) in 1989. The Tremeloes recorded an Italian version, "E in silenzio".</p>