How Deep Is Your Love

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"How Deep Is Your Love"
Single by the Bee Gees
from the album Saturday Night Fever
Released	1977
Format	vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, 1977
Genre	Soft Rock Power Ballad
Label	RSO
Writer(s)	Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
Producer	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson
the Bee Gees singles chronology
"Edge of the Universe" (1977) "How Deep Is Your Love" (1977) "Stayin' Alive" (1977)
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 song recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977. 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 UK. In the U.S., it topped the Billboard Hot 100 on 24 December 1977 and stayed in the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks. The song also spent six weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart.

The song was ranked #366 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Along with "Stayin' Alive", it is one of the group's two songs on the list. The song also lists at #20 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.^[1]

It was famously 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.

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

[edit] In Popular Culture

• A cover by Johnny Mathis is featured in the film "Donnie Brasco" (1997).

• This song was heard in the Pilot episode of The Cleveland Show.

[edit] Trivia

• This song was once used for a television advertisement on Yarra Valley Water in Australia in late 90s and early 2000s.

[edit] Cover versions

• In 1980, the song was covered by Japanese pop stars Pink Lady on an episode of their American variety show Pink Lady and Jeff.
• Korean hip hop duo Jinusean recorded a version with rapped verses for their 1999 album 태권V.^[4] It is included in the music game Audition Online.
• American R&B quartet Portrait recorded a cover of this song in 1995, on their second album, All That Matters.
• In 2003 boy band Natural performed the song during a Bee Gees medley for the television special The Disco Ball.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante sang it at the KROQ Weenie Roast and often covered the song as a solo performance during various shows during the Stadium Arcadium tour during 2006.
• Smooth Jazz guitarist Peter White did an instrumental version available in his Reflections album released in 1994.
• Guitarist Chris Standring did an instrumental version on his Hip Sway album released in 2000.
• British boy band Take That covered the song in 1996. It reached number one in the UK singles chart. It was their last single before the break-up of the band.
• During the Hollywood round of American Idol in 2007, the song was covered by the group of Tom Lowe, Rudy Cárdenas, Chris Sligh, and eventual runner-up Blake Lewis. The performance was distinctive because Lewis beatboxed for the majority of the performance as his groupmates harmonized.
• Indie-Pop musical duo The Bird and the Bee cover the song on their Please Clap Your Hands EP. This cover is used in VH1's commercial for the 2009 promotion of their various "Love" series.
• Adeaze released their remake in four versions of this song in New Zealand in 2004.
• The Temptations released a cover of the song as the first single from their 2007 album, 'Back To Front'.
• Grupo Óptimo, a Dominican Bachata group, released a Spanish version of the song, titled "Que Grande Es Tu Amor" on their album "Óptimo FDL" in 2007. ^[5]
• The Bird and the Bee, a group from America, released a cover of the song, on the soundtrack of Sex and the City in 2008.
• Johnny Mathis
• Serbian rock band Eva Braun recorded a live version of the song in 2001, but the song had not been officially released until 2008 on the compilation album Off The Record.
• Martin Rolinski, lead singer with the Swedish band Bodies Without Organs, has recorded his own version of the song.
• The Bad Plus have a cover version on their collaboration with Wendy Lewis, For All I Care.

[edit] Take That version

"How Deep Is Your Love"
Single by Take That
from the album Take That: Greatest Hits
Released	26 February 1996
Format	CD single, cassette single,
Recorded	1996
Genre	Pop
Length	3:40
Writer(s)	Bee Gees
Take That singles chronology
"Never Forget" (1995) "How Deep Is Your Love" (1996) "Patience" (2006) Alternate Covers U.K. CD Single 2 cover U.K.Promo CD single cover

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 U.K. number one until their 2005 comeback a decade later. The song stayed at number one in the UK charts for three weeks. The single sold 670,000 copies and has received a Platinum sales status certification in the UK.

[edit] Music Video

The video saw the four members of the band tied to chairs and in a basement. A blond woman looking slightly deranged with smeared mascara 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 and it is unsure whether she meant to get rid of him or not.

[edit] Track listings

U.K. Promo CD Single (TAKE25)^[6]

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41

UK single CD (74321 35631 2)^[7]

1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:41
2. "Babe" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 6:10

UK Maxi-CD (74321 35631 2)^[8]

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

UK Maxi-CD single 1 (74321 3559 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 Maxi-CD single 2 (74321 35631 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

[edit] Chart Performance

[edit] Adeaze version

New Zealand RnB group Adeaze released the song as a single in 2004

[edit] Track listing

1. "How Deep Is Your Love?" (Radio Edit)
2. "How Deep Is Your Love?" (Album Version)
3. "How Deep Is Your Love?" (Instrumental)
4. "How Deep Is Your Love?" (Club Remix)

[edit] References

1. ^ "Billboard's All Time Top 100". www.billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-20.shtml. 
2. ^ YouTube - Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love (2 version)
3. ^ YouTube - The Bee Gees- How Deep Is Your Love ( Melody )
4. ^ "Jinusean - How Deep Is Your Love (YouTube)". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHSDFrDHNwM. 
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ Take That How Deep Is Your Love UK Promo 5" CD SINGLE (60701)
7. ^ Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
8. ^ Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
9. ^ Italian Single Chart [2]
10. ^ Italian Single Chart [3]