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From '' Saturday Night Pogo ''
Label: Rhino Records – RNLP 003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Dark Blue Sleeve
Country: US
Released: 1978
Tracklist
A1 The Winos - Beauty Queen
Written By – Pique
Written-By – Harold Bronson
A2 The Berlin Brats - Tropically Hot
Written-By – Jonathan Haft, Rick Wilder
A3 The Droogs - Set My Love On You
Written-By – Ric Albin, Roger Clay
A4 Needles & Pins - I Wanna Play With Guns
Written-By – Page Porrazzo
A5 The Motels - Counting
Written-By – Martha Davis
A6 Vom - I'm In Love With Your Mom
Written-By – Gregg Turner, Mike Saunders, Richard Meltzer
A7 The Low Numbers - Belsen Was A Gas
Written-By – Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones
B1 The Dils - Mr. Big
Written-By – Chip Kinman, Tony Kinman
B2 Daddy Maxfield - Wheel Of Fortune
Written-By – Graham Daddy, Louis Maxfield
B3 The Young Republicans - Guardian Angel
Written By – Van Leevwen
Written-By – Steve Hufsteter
B4 Backstage Pass - Legend (Come On Up To Me)
Written By – Popkin
B5 The Dogs - Younger Point Of View
Written-By – Loren Molinare
B6 Chainsaw - Polaride Pictures
Written-By – Donald Alvarado, Mr. Twister (Kurt Ingham)
B7 The Hebe Geebees - Night Fever
Written-By – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb
Art Direction, Graphics, Photography By [Front Cover] – Heather Harris
Producer – Harold Bronson
Executive-Producer – Richard Foos
Copyright © – Rhino Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rhino Records
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees.
It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever on RSO Records.
Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title.
Stigwood liked the title Night Fever but was wary of marketing a movie with that name.
The song bounded up the Billboard charts while the Bee Gees’ two previous hits from Saturday Night Fever soundtrack ("How Deep is Your Love" and "Stayin' Alive") were still in the top ten.
The record debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at no.76, then leaped up 44 positions to no.32. It then moved: 32–17–8–5–2–1. It remained at no.1 for eight weeks (the most for any single that year), and ultimately spent 13 weeks in the top 10.
For the first five weeks that "Night Fever" was at no.1, "Stayin' Alive" was at no.2.
Also, for one week in March, Bee Gees related songs held five of the top positions on the Hot 100 chart, and four of the top five positions, with "Night Fever" at the top of the list. The B-side of "Night Fever" was a live version of "Down the Road" taken from the Bee Gees 1977 album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live.
Inspiration and writing
When Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood was producing a movie about a New York disco scene, the working title for the film at that time was Saturday Night. Stigwood asked the group to write a song using that name as a title, but the Bee Gees disliked it. They had already written a song called "Night Fever", so the group convinced Stigwood to use that and change the film to Saturday Night Fever.
The string intro of "Night Fever" was inspired by "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith, according to keyboardist Blue Weaver when he was performing it one morning at the sessions and Barry Gibb walked in and heard the new idea for this song.
As Weaver explains the history behind this song:
...'Night Fever' started off because Barry walked in one morning when I was trying to work out something. I always wanted to do a disco version of Theme from A Summer Place by the Percy Faith Orchestra or something - it was a big hit in the Sixties. I was playing that, and Barry said, 'What was that?' and I said, 'Theme from A Summer Place', and Barry said, 'No, it wasn't'. It was new. Barry heard the idea - I was playing it on a string synthesizer and sang the riff over it.
— Blue Weaver
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb completed the lyrics for "Night Fever" sitting on a staircase (reminiscent of their first international hit "New York Mining Disaster 1941", which was written also in a staircase back in 1967).
Recording
The Bee Gees began recording this song by April 1977 in France and finishing it in September the same year.
A demo of "Night Fever" with some instrumental and vocals heard exists and was available to download on Rhino Records' website.
Legacy
It also replaced Andy Gibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one and was in turn replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You"—all of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers. It would be the third of six consecutive US no.1s for the band, tying the Beatles for the record for most consecutive no.1 singles.
Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1978, behind Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing".
"Night Fever" topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, their third UK number-one, and in the US it remained the number-one Billboard Hot 100 single for over two months in 1978.
#thehebegeebees
#nightfever
#punk
#beegeescover
From '' Saturday Night Pogo ''
Label: Rhino Records – RNLP 003
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Dark Blue Sleeve
Country: US
Released: 1978
Tracklist
A1 The Winos - Beauty Queen
Written By – Pique
Written-By – Harold Bronson
A2 The Berlin Brats - Tropically Hot
Written-By – Jonathan Haft, Rick Wilder
A3 The Droogs - Set My Love On You
Written-By – Ric Albin, Roger Clay
A4 Needles & Pins - I Wanna Play With Guns
Written-By – Page Porrazzo
A5 The Motels - Counting
Written-By – Martha Davis
A6 Vom - I'm In Love With Your Mom
Written-By – Gregg Turner, Mike Saunders, Richard Meltzer
A7 The Low Numbers - Belsen Was A Gas
Written-By – Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones
B1 The Dils - Mr. Big
Written-By – Chip Kinman, Tony Kinman
B2 Daddy Maxfield - Wheel Of Fortune
Written-By – Graham Daddy, Louis Maxfield
B3 The Young Republicans - Guardian Angel
Written By – Van Leevwen
Written-By – Steve Hufsteter
B4 Backstage Pass - Legend (Come On Up To Me)
Written By – Popkin
B5 The Dogs - Younger Point Of View
Written-By – Loren Molinare
B6 Chainsaw - Polaride Pictures
Written-By – Donald Alvarado, Mr. Twister (Kurt Ingham)
B7 The Hebe Geebees - Night Fever
Written-By – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb
Art Direction, Graphics, Photography By [Front Cover] – Heather Harris
Producer – Harold Bronson
Executive-Producer – Richard Foos
Copyright © – Rhino Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rhino Records
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees.
It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever on RSO Records.
Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title.
Stigwood liked the title Night Fever but was wary of marketing a movie with that name.
The song bounded up the Billboard charts while the Bee Gees’ two previous hits from Saturday Night Fever soundtrack ("How Deep is Your Love" and "Stayin' Alive") were still in the top ten.
The record debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at no.76, then leaped up 44 positions to no.32. It then moved: 32–17–8–5–2–1. It remained at no.1 for eight weeks (the most for any single that year), and ultimately spent 13 weeks in the top 10.
For the first five weeks that "Night Fever" was at no.1, "Stayin' Alive" was at no.2.
Also, for one week in March, Bee Gees related songs held five of the top positions on the Hot 100 chart, and four of the top five positions, with "Night Fever" at the top of the list. The B-side of "Night Fever" was a live version of "Down the Road" taken from the Bee Gees 1977 album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live.
Inspiration and writing
When Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood was producing a movie about a New York disco scene, the working title for the film at that time was Saturday Night. Stigwood asked the group to write a song using that name as a title, but the Bee Gees disliked it. They had already written a song called "Night Fever", so the group convinced Stigwood to use that and change the film to Saturday Night Fever.
The string intro of "Night Fever" was inspired by "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith, according to keyboardist Blue Weaver when he was performing it one morning at the sessions and Barry Gibb walked in and heard the new idea for this song.
As Weaver explains the history behind this song:
...'Night Fever' started off because Barry walked in one morning when I was trying to work out something. I always wanted to do a disco version of Theme from A Summer Place by the Percy Faith Orchestra or something - it was a big hit in the Sixties. I was playing that, and Barry said, 'What was that?' and I said, 'Theme from A Summer Place', and Barry said, 'No, it wasn't'. It was new. Barry heard the idea - I was playing it on a string synthesizer and sang the riff over it.
— Blue Weaver
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb completed the lyrics for "Night Fever" sitting on a staircase (reminiscent of their first international hit "New York Mining Disaster 1941", which was written also in a staircase back in 1967).
Recording
The Bee Gees began recording this song by April 1977 in France and finishing it in September the same year.
A demo of "Night Fever" with some instrumental and vocals heard exists and was available to download on Rhino Records' website.
Legacy
It also replaced Andy Gibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one and was in turn replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You"—all of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers. It would be the third of six consecutive US no.1s for the band, tying the Beatles for the record for most consecutive no.1 singles.
Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1978, behind Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing".
"Night Fever" topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, their third UK number-one, and in the US it remained the number-one Billboard Hot 100 single for over two months in 1978.
#thehebegeebees
#nightfever
#punk
#beegeescover
