Shadow Dancing (song)

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"Shadow Dancing" is a song by Andy Gibb that reached #1 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.

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.

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
Preceded by "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart	Billboard Hot 100 Number one single of the year 1978	Succeeded by "My Sharona" by The Knack