Night Fever
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| Single by Bee Gees | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track | |||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Down the Road (live)" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 7 February 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | c. April 1977, Château d'Hérouville, France and September 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, United States[1] |
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| Genre | Disco | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | RSO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Certification | Platinum (RIAA)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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"Night Fever" is a disco song, written and performed by the Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. 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. He combined the two suggestions and the idea for Saturday Night Fever as a motion picture was born.[citation needed]
"Night Fever" remained the number one Billboard Hot 100 single for over two months in 1978. 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.
In addition to Saturday Night Fever, the song has also appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for Mystery Men.
The song lists at number 33 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[3]
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Music video [edit]
A rare music video was made for the song in 1978, however, it wasn't shown to the public until 2004[citation needed] despite the fact the video didn't contain any uncensored content.[clarification needed] It features the brothers singing the song in a dark studio cut Golden Nugget, Castaways and Desert Inn casinos). In the video, Barry Gibb was shown without his trademark beard.Video was filmed on Collins Ave. in North Miami Beach on a 3 mile hotel strip starting from new port pier to the entrance of golden beach. That area is now Sunny Isles beach.[4]
Track listing [edit]
- "Night Fever" - 3:32
- "Down the Road (live)" - 4:26
single"Night Fever (Stereo)" - 3:32
- "Night Fever (Mono)" - 3:32
Charts and certifications [edit]
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Sales and certifications [edit]
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Covers [edit]
Texan punk rock band The Dicks covered this song on the B-side of their 1980 debut single "Hate the Police" under the title "All Night Fever".
In 2008, Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena performed a cover version of "Night Fever" for the French film Disco.
In 2012, the song was featured in the sixteenth episode of the third season of Glee.
Notes [edit]
- ^ Brennan, Joe. "Gibb Songs : 1977". Columbia University. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Bee Gees Platinum Singles". RIAA.com. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (40-31)". Billboard.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Bee Gees - Night Fever (Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Canadian certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever". Music Canada. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "British single certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 March 2012. Enter Night Fever in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
- ^ "American single certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 March 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
- ^ Grein, Paul (26 August 1978). "Billboard Vol. 90, No. 34". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). Retrieved 8 June 2012.
External links [edit]
| Preceded by "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single 18 March 1978 – 6 May 1978 |
Succeeded by "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman |
| Preceded by "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" by Brian and Michael |
UK number-one single 29 April 1978 – 6 May 1978 |
Succeeded by "Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M |
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- Singles certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry
- 1978 singles
- Bee Gees songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles
- Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles
- Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Songs from Saturday Night Fever
- Disco songs
- Songs written by Barry Gibb
- Songs written by Maurice Gibb
- Songs written by Robin Gibb
- RSO Records singles
