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"Silence Is Golden" is a song initially recorded by the American rock band the Four Seasons.Written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, Philips Records released it in 1964 as the B-side of the U.S. number 1 single "Rag Doll", which was also written by Crewe and Gaudio.
Speech is silver, silence is golden is a proverb. Silence Is Golden may also refer to: "Silence Is Golden" (song), a song recorded by The Four Seasons and The Tremeloes; Silence Is Golden, a 2006 short film by Chris Shepherd; Man About Town, originally Le Silence est d'or (Silence is golden), a 1947 film by René Clair and Robert Pirosh
The B-side was the original version of "Silence Is Golden", also written by Crewe and Gaudio. In 1967, that song was covered by the English band the Tremeloes and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 8 in Canada, and No. 11 on the US charts. [11] [12] [13]
"Speech is silver, silence is golden" is a proverb extolling the value of silence over speech. Its modern form most likely originated in Arabic culture , where it was used as early as the 9th century.
After this, the song was quickly picked up by the Tremeloes who first released their version in May 1967 on their album Here Comes the Tremeloes. Following the number-one success of " Silence Is Golden ", "Even the Bad Times Are Good" was released as a single with the B-side, "Jenny's Alright", written by the Tremeloes' Len "Chip" Hawkes and ...
The Square Set was a 1960s rock band from Cape Town South Africa, known for their songs Silence is Golden (SA number 1 Hit (1967)) "Carol Corina" (SA number 10 hit (1968)), and "That's What I Want" (international number 1 hit in Brazil, Argentina, and Portugal (1971-1972)). The band formed in March 1966 and was called Neville Whitmill and the ...
"Silence Is Golden" in particular was written with an odd metric structure for a Garbage song: a 6/8 shuffle that progresses to a straight 4/4 beat. [ 8 ] The sale of the band's North American independent record label Almo Sounds to Universal Music Group in early 2000 put the B-sides album on hold; Garbage decided to simply start work on ...
A Thorn for Every Heart was started in early 2003 by Joel Ryan Holt and Aaron Peck ().The original lineup of Holt, Peck, Kelvin Cruz (lead vocals), Jeff Harber (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Justin Powell (), and Joy Welling independently released their debut EP, Silence Is Golden, in late 2003.