How Deep Is Your Love

For the Dru Hill song, see How Deep Is Your Love (Dru Hill song).

"How Deep Is Your Love"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
B-side	"Can't Keep A Good Man Down (live)"
Released	September 1977
Format	vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, 1977
Genre	R&B, pop, soft rock
Length	4:06 3:36 (7" version)
Label	RSO
Writer(s)	Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
Producer	Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Edge of the Universe" (1977) "How Deep Is Your Love" (1977) "Stayin' Alive" (1977)
Music sample "How Deep Is Your Love" Saturday Night Fever track listing Side A "Stayin' Alive" "How Deep Is Your Love" "Night Fever" "More Than a Woman" "If I Can't Have You" Side B "A Fifth of Beethoven" "More Than a Woman" "Manhattan Skyline" "Calypso Breakdown" Side C "Night on Disco Mountain" "Open Sesame" performed "Jive Talkin'" "You Should Be Dancing" Boogie Shoes" Side D "Salsation" "K-Jee" "Disco Inferno"

"How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop song recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single in September. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, it was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 on 24 December 1977 (becoming the first of six consecutive US number-one hits) and stayed in the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks. The single spent six weeks atop the US adult contemporary chart. It is listed at # 20 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. Alongside "Stayin' Alive", it is one of the group's two tracks on the list. The song was covered by Take That for their 1996 Greatest Hits album, reaching number-one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.

In 1983, The Bee Gees were sued by a Chicago songwriter, Ronald Selle, who claimed that the Gibb brothers stole melodic material from one of his songs, "Let It End", and used it in "How Deep Is Your Love". At first, the Bee Gees lost the case; one juror said that a factor in the jury's decision was the Gibbs' failure to introduce expert testimony rebutting the plaintiff's expert testimony that it was "impossible" for the two songs to have been written independently. However, the verdict was overturned a few months later. The song was ranked #366 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In a British TV special shown in December 2011, it was voted "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song" by ITV viewers.

Music video

Two music videos were made for this song. In one, the brothers are singing while an image of a woman shows throughout the video. Barry Gibb had his beard shaven off in this video, as in the "Night Fever" video. A second video was later made in which the brothers sing while passing by a stream of rainbow lights. In this video Barry Gibb is bearded.

Awards

The song won Best Pop Performance by a Group at the 20th Grammy Awards which were held on 23 February 1978. The song also received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 35th Golden Globe awards held on 28 January 1978. The award went to You Light Up My Life. At the time of both award ceremonies, the song was still in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Chart performance (1977/1978)

Chart	Peak position
Australia	3
Austria	13
Belgium	6
Brazil	1
Canada	1
Chile	1
Finland	1
France	1
Germany	21
Ireland	2
New Zealand	6
Norway	5
South Africa	2
Spain	7
Sweden	4
United Kingdom	3
United States	1
Netherlands	15

Take That version

"How Deep Is Your Love"
Single by Take That
from the album Take That: Greatest Hits
Released	26 February 1996
Format	Cassette, CD Single
Recorded	1995
Genre	Pop
Length	3:40
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Certification	Platinum
Take That singles chronology
"Never Forget" (1995) "How Deep Is Your Love" (1996) "Patience" (2006) Alternative covers UK CD2

Take That's version was released as a single from their Greatest Hits compilation in 1996. The single went on to become what was to be the band's final UK number one until their 2006 comeback single Patience a decade later. The song stayed at number one in the UK charts for three weeks. The single sold 671,000 copies and has received a Platinum sales status certification in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain.

Music video

The music video saw the four members of the band tied to chairs and in a basement. A blonde woman with smeared mascara (actress and model Paula Hamilton) walks into the basement and circles the four members individually pulling their hair. She then puts them all into her van and drives down the motorway. She stops by a reservoir and has the four members placed on the edge, she points at each member before grabbing Gary's rope and pushes him back still holding on. Her fingers slip through the rope and he falls backwards, the others look shocked as she does. She then smirks.

Track listing

UK Cassette Single (74321 35591 5)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Never Forget" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:38

UK CD Single #1 (74321 35559 2)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Every Guy" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 5:36
3. "Lady Tonight" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 4:13
4. "Sunday To Saturday" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 3:48

UK CD Single #2 (74321 35560 2)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:06
3. "Babe" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 6:10
4. "Never Forget" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:38

EU CD Single #1 (74321 35243 2)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:06

EU CD Single #2 (74321 35244 2)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:06
3. "Every Guy" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 5:36

Japanese CD Single (BVCP-2406)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Every Guy" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 5:36
3. "Babe" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 6:10
4. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:06

UK 7" Viynl - Jukebox Release Only (74321 35632 2)

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Never Forget" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:38

Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak Position
Australian Singles Chart	12
Austrian Singles Chart	7
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	5
Belgian Singles Chart (Walonia)	4
Canadian Singles Chart	80
Danish Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	7
Finnish Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart	7
Irish Singles Chart	1
Italian Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	6
Spanish Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	7
Swiss Singles Chart	5
UK Singles Chart	1

End of year chart (1996)	Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	44
Belgian (Walonia) Singles Chart	35
Italian Singles Chart	23
Swiss Singles Chart	30
UK Singles Chart (1996 Year-End)	12

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
UK	Platinum	1 March 1996	600,000

Preceded by "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone	Billboard Easy Listening number-one single (Bee Gees version) 26 November 1977 (6 weeks)	Succeeded by "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel
Preceded by "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Bee Gees version) 24 December 1977 – 7 January 1978	Succeeded by "Baby Come Back" by Player
Preceded by "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo	Danish Number-one hits of 1996 (Take That version) 16 March 1996 – 6 April 1996 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "One of Us" by Joan Osborne
Preceded by "Don't Look Back in Anger" by Oasis	Irish IRMA number one single (Take That version) 24 February 1996 – 16 March 1996 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "Aon Focal Eile" by Richie Kavanagh
Preceded by "Children" by Robert Miles	Italian Singles Chart Number 1 Singles in Italy (Take That version) 23 March 1996 – 30 March 1996 (1 week)	Succeeded by "La terra dei cachi" by "Elio e le Storie Tese & Orchestra Spettacolo Casadei"
Preceded by "Jesus to a Child" by "George Michael"	Spanish Singles Chart (Take That version) 25 March 1996 – 1 April 1996 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Jesus to a Child" by "George Michael"
Preceded by "Don't Look Back in Anger" by Oasis	UK Singles Chart number-one single (Take That version) 3 March 1996 – 24 March 1996 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "Firestarter" by Prodigy