C'mon Marianne is one of 15 Donny Osmond chart hits that were remakes. Written by Lawrence Russell Brown and Raymond Bloodworth, the song was originally a #9 hit for the Four Seasons in July 1967. Brown and Bloodworth also wrote the Four Seasons' Watch The Flowers Grow and Bill Deal & The Rhondels' Nothing Succeeds Like Success. Brown also co-wrote eight Tony Orlando & Dawn hits and the Partridge Family's I Woke Up In Love This Morning.
C'mon Marianne has also been recorded by Grapefruit, Cardinal Point, Gregory & The Cadets, the Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus and the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys. Here is the original: