Shadow Dancing (song)
| "Shadow Dancing" | ||||
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.jpg) The cover of the UK picture sleeve |
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| Single by Andy Gibb | ||||
| from the album Shadow Dancing | ||||
| B-side | "Let It Be Me" (US) "Too Many Looks In Your Eyes" (UK) |
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| Released | April 1978 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1978 Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, United States |
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| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 4:34 | |||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Writer(s) | Barry, Robin, Maurice & Andy Gibb | |||
| Producer | Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | |||
| Andy Gibb singles chronology | ||||
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"Shadow Dancing" is a song by Andy Gibb that reached number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. According to Billboard's Book Of Number One Hits, Gibb became the first solo artist in the history of the U.S. pop charts to have his first three singles hit the number-one spot. Additionally, "Shadow Dancing" was listed by Billboard as being the number one single of 1978. In addition the song peaked at number eleven on the soul chart.[1]
Its two B-sides "Let It Be Me" appeared on US version and "Too Many Looks In Your Eyes" was from his previous album Flowing Rivers.
[edit] History and background
The song was written by Andy and his brothers (Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb) in Los Angeles, while the trio of brothers were working on the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "And one night," Andy would recall, "while we were relaxing, we sat down and we had to start getting tracks together for the album" (also titled Shadow Dancing, which would eventually hit #7 on the U.S. album charts). "So we literally sat down and in ten minutes, we had a group going, (singing) the chorus part. As it says underneath the song, we all wrote it, the four of us." While Andy Gibb would have three more Top 10 hits in the U.S., this would be his final chart-topping hit in America.
This is the first song credited to all four Gibb brothers. There would be two more over the next few months, but they were not released until some time later. There was also loose talk about Andy appearing on Bee Gees disks and about some of arrangement where he would tour and they would record with him, though never quite confirmed. [2]
[edit] Cover versions
The song was later sampled in the title track of Skrillex's 2010 debut EP, My Name Is Skrillex.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 229.
- ^ Gibb Songs 1978
| Preceded by "You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 17 — July 29, 1978 |
Succeeded by "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones |
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