I Just Want to Be Your Everything
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| “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” | |||||
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| Single by Andy Gibb from the album Flowing Rivers |
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| Released | May 1977 (U.S.) | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1977 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, soft rock, disco | ||||
| Length | 3:45 | ||||
| Label | RSO Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Barry Gibb | ||||
| Producer | Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Karl Richardson | ||||
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| “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” | ||
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| Single by Connie Smith from the album New Horizons |
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| Released | October 1977 (U.S.) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1977 | |
| Genre | Country, disco | |
| Length | 3:16 | |
| Label | Monument Records | |
| Writer(s) | Barry Gibb | |
"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was a hit song by pop singer Andy Gibb. The first single released from his debut album, Flowing Rivers, it became the first of three consecutive number one Billboard Hot 100 singles for Gibb. Co-written with his brother, Barry Gibb, it also reached number 19 on the R&B singles chart.
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[edit] Song history
According to Amy Hanson of All Music Guide, Andy Gibb viewed "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" as "one of the most personal and meaningful songs he ever preformed." Although brother Barry is the only credited writer for the song, both he and Andy wrote "Everything" in Bermuda as a tribute to Andy's recent marriage and his new wife.[1]
"Everything" was Gibb's first single release in the United States. Released in May 1977, the song quickly broke in popularity and by the end of July, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
[edit] Chart run
"Everything" spent a cumulative four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song first reached the top of the chart on July 30 for the first of three consecutive weeks. Then, The Emotions went to No. 1 with "Best of My Love" on August 20 for the first of four straight weeks.
However, "Everything" maintained strong popularity, remaining in the Top 10 before returning to No. 1 for one final week on September 15. "Everything" then fell out of the top spot for good, being replaced once again by "Best of My Love."
"Everything" enjoyed one of the longest Top 40 runs in the Billboard Hot 100 to that time; its 23-week run spanned from the end of May through the end of October.
[edit] Connie Smith version
The best-known cover version of "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" was recorded by country singer Connie Smith. Released in the fall of 1977, Smith's version, according to AMG reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, was "relatively faithful" to Gibb's version[2] and — given its disco-influenced sound — also a departure from her honky-tonk songs of the 1960s and early 1970s.[3]
"Everything" became Smith's last Top 20 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in January 1978, peaking at No. 14.
[edit] Succession
| Preceded by "Looks Like We Made It" by Barry Manilow |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single July 30 - August 13, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Best of My Love" by The Emotions |
| Preceded by "Best of My Love" by The Emotions |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 13, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Best of My Love" by The Emotions |
[edit] Sources
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Hanson, Amy, "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb, All Music Guide.
- ^ [2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, Greatest Hits on Monument by Connie Smith, All Music Guide
- ^ ibid.
[edit] See also
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006," 2007.
