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You Should Be Dancing
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = You Should Be Dancing
| cover = You Should Be Dancing 1.JPG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bee Gees
| album = Children of the World
| B-side = Subway
| released =
| recorded = 19 January1, 8 February 1976
6 May 1976
| studio =
| genre = Disco
| length = 4:16 (single)
4:47 (12" version)
| label = RSO
| writer =
| producer = Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
| prev_title = Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Love So Right
| next_year = 1976
| misc =
}}
"'You Should Be Dancing'" is a song by the Bee Gees, from the album 'Children of the World', released in 1976. It hit No. 1 for one week on the American 'Billboard' Hot 100, No. 1 for seven weeks on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and in September the same year, reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also peaked at No. 4 on the 'Billboard' Soul chart. It was this song that first launched the Bee Gees into disco. It was also the only track from the group to top the dance chart.
It is also one of six songs performed by the Bee Gees included in the 'Saturday Night Fever' movie soundtrack which came out a year later.
Origin
"You Should Be Dancing" was recorded 19 January, 1 and 8 February, and 6 May 1976 with Barry Gibb providing lead vocals in falsetto. Barry had developed his falsetto to a remarkable degree in the ten months since the release of "Baby As You Turn Away" from the 'Main Course' album on which he sang a full song in falsetto for the first time (except for its chorus). Keyboardist Blue Weaver recalls that Maurice Gibb wrote the bass line and sang the horn parts to the brass players, while Barry sang parts for Weaver to play, while guitarist Alan Kendall got in a short guitar solo for its instrumental break.
Stephen Stills was also at Criteria Studios recording the album, 'Long May You Run', with his band and Neil Young. Stills added percussion on the song's February sessions. Members of Stills's backing band, George Perry (bass) and Joe Lala (percussion), also worked with the Bee Gees on some songs.
Reception
'Billboard' described "You Should Be Dancing" as a "strong, uptempo disco cut" with the Bee Gees' "strongest singing since "Jive Talkin'." 'Cash Box' said that "the playing is more polished [than 'Jive Talking'], and the band does some things to the vocals, with trading off, which are highly ear-catching."
Charts
The song was their third 'Billboard' Hot 100 No. 1 and their sixth No. 1 in Canada. It ended as the No. 31 song of the year. In the '70s some of the Bee Gees' songs were deemed too uptempo for AC/Easy Listening Radio which led to "You Should Be Dancing" only reaching No. 25 on that chart. It also hit No. 4 in Ireland. In Australia, where the brothers spent a number of years in their youth, it managed only to nick the top 20.
"You Should Be Dancing" is known today as the first chart-topper in which Barry Gibb uses his now-trademark falsetto in a lead vocal (he had previously used it on the top 10 "Nights on Broadway" and on "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)"). Earlier songs, such as "Jive Talkin'", had Gibb use a melodic blue-eyed soul vocal style.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album 'Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track'.
*Barry Gibb vocals, guitar
*Robin Gibb vocals
*Maurice Gibb vocals, bass guitar
*Alan Kendall guitar
*Dennis Bryon drums
*Blue Weaver keyboards
*Joe Lala percussion
*George Perry percussion
*Stephen Stills additional percussion
E. Sensual version
{{Infobox song
| name = B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing
| cover = You Should Be Dancing.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = E. Sensual
| album =
| B-side = Remix
| released = 1995
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:30
| label = Dance Pool
| writer =
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Check Me Out
| next_year = 1996
| misc =
}}
In 1995, E. Sensual released a cover, titled "'B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing'", which reached number three in Hungary and number four in Finland.
Track listing
Europe: CD maxi (1995)#B.G.Tips You Should Be Dancing (Radio Edit) (3:30)
#B.G.Tips You Should Be Dancing (Vocal Club Mix) (6:09)
#B.G.Tips You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix) (8:08)
France: CD maxi (Remixes, 1995)
#B.G.Tips You Should Be Dancing (DJ Albert Radio Edit) (3:49)
#B.G.Tips You Should Be Dancing (Radio Edit) (3:26)
#B.G.Tips You Should Be Dancing (Euro Mix) (6:06)
#B.G. Tips You Should Be Dancing (DJ Albert Progressive House Mix) (7:19)
#B.G. Tips You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix 1) (8:06)
#B.G. Tips You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix 2) (7:12)
Charts
Blockster version
British DJ Blockster released a cover, titled "'You Should Be...'", on 4 January 1999. The cover reached number three in the UK Singles Chart the same month.
Critical reception
'Daily Record' wrote, "This was one of the big club floor-fillers last year. Another hit proving that a few words, a catchy melody and big bass sound seems to equal a hit."Charts
Other cover versions
The Bee Gees remixed the song in 1993 for their album Size Isn't Everything, under the title "Decadance".
American rock band Foo Fighters, under the alter ego the 'Dee Gees' covered the song on BBC Radio 2's Sofa Session. The song can be found on album, 'Hail Satin'.
For its third season American TV series 'Glee' covered this song as part of its tribute episode to 'Saturday Night Fever', aptly titled "Saturday Night Glee-ver." Darren Criss, Heather Morris, and Harry Shum Jr. provided lead vocals as their characters Blaine Anderson, Brittany Pierce, and Mike Chang.
See also
*List of 'Billboard' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1976
*List of number-one dance singles of 1976 (U.S.)
*List of number-one singles of 1976 (Canada)
References
Category:1976 songs
Category:1976 singles
Category:1995 singles
Category:1999 singles
Category:Bee Gees songs
Category:Blake Lewis songs
Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
Category:Dance Pool singles
Category:Disco songs
Category:Ministry of Sound singles
Category:Songs from Saturday Night Fever
Category:Songs written by Barry Gibb
Category:Songs written by Maurice Gibb
Category:Songs written by Robin Gibb
Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Category:RSO Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Albhy Galuten
Category:Songs about dancing
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