Silver Star (song)

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“Silver Star”
Single by The Four Seasons from the album Who Loves You
B-side	Mystic Mr. Sun
Released	May 1976
Format	7"
Recorded	1975
Genre	Rock-disco
Length	3:48
Label	Warner/Curb Records
Writer(s)	Bob Gaudio-Judy Parker
Producer	Bob Gaudio
The Four Seasons singles chronology
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (1975) Silver Star (1976) Down the Hall (1977)

"Silver Star" is a song on the The Four Seasons album Who Loves You. As was the case of all the songs on the LP, it was written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker, and produced by Gaudio.^[1][2] When it became the third single released from the album, "Silver Star" became the first Four Seasons A-side that did not feature the lead vocals of group founder Frankie Valli: the person taking the lead here was Gerry Polci as Valli's contribution was limited to harmony vocals at the end of the recording (he was gradually losing his hearing in the 1970s due to otosclerosis. An operation restored most of it in the 1980s)^[3].

Released on the heels of the #3 (US) hit "Who Loves You" and the #1 "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", the single was an edited version of a six minute, nine second, song that married lyrics of love and Western movies with a disco beat that was the signature of "Who Loves You". The single reached only #38 on the Billboard Hot 100, but in the United Kingdom, acceptance was much more widespread as "Silver Star" reached #3 on the UK singles chart.^[4]

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