Beggin'
Sign in to save"Beggin" is a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and first released as a single by American band the Four Seasons in 1967. Initially charting at number 16 on the US Billboard chart, the song became popular in the Northern soul scene in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. It has been covered multiple times, with versions by Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon and Italian rock band Måneskin topping music charts in Europe and beyond. The Four Seasons' version was remixed in 2007 by French DJ Pilooski and re-released as a single, reaching number 32 on the UK Singles Chart, commercially outperformi
Key facts
- Song.name
- Beggin
- Song.cover
- Beggin' (Madcon single - cover art).jpg
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Madcon
- Song.album
- So Dark the Con of Man
- Song.B side
- Dody
- Song.released
- February 1967
- Song.genre
- Northern soul
- Song.length
- 3:38
- Song.label
- Bonnier Amigo Sony BMG Columbia
- Song.writer
- Bob Gaudio Peggy Farina
- Song.producer
- Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad, Jonny Sjo
- Song.prev_title
- Infidelity
- Song.prev_year
- 2004
- Song.next_title
- Back on the Road
- Song.next_year
- 2008
- Song.caption
- Cover used on most European releases
- Song.border
- yes
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- publication date
- 1967-00-00
- title
- Beggin'
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17 sectionsContents
- Original version
- Pilooski remix
- Certifications
- Madcon version
- Track listings
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Decade-end charts
- Certifications
- Release history
- Måneskin cover
- Other cover versions
- Samples
- Uses in the media
- See also
- References
"Beggin" is a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and first released as a single by American band the Four Seasons in 1967. Initially charting at number 16 on the US Billboard chart, the song became popular in the Northern soul scene in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. It has been covered multiple times, with versions by Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon and Italian rock band Måneskin topping music charts in Europe and beyond. The Four Seasons' version was remixed in 2007 by French DJ Pilooski and re-released as a single, reaching number 32 on the UK Singles Chart, commercially outperforming the band's original release in the UK.
==Original version== Keyboardist-songwriter Bob Gaudio had not written a Four Seasons single since 1965's "Girl Come Running", although he had written or co-written almost every hit for the band up to then.