Bodyguard (song)

"Bodyguard"
Single by the Bee Gees
from the album One
B-side "Will You Ever Let Me"
Released January 1990
Format Cassette single
Recorded November to December 1988, Mayfair Studios, London
Genre Adult contemporary, R&B
Length 5:20 (album)
4:20 (promo single edit)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
Producer The Bee Gees, Brian Trench
the Bee Gees singles chronology
"One"
(1989)
"Bodyguard"
(1989)
"Secret Love"
(1991)

"Bodyguard" was the second American single off the Bee Gees' One album. In Europe and Asia, the A-side was "Tokyo Nights" instead of "Bodyguard". In Brazil, it was "Wish You Were Here".

Lead vocals are provided by Robin Gibb.

Music video

The original video was deemed too sexual and was subsequently toned down. The controversy of the video hurt airplay of the single, though it charted well in the Adult Contemporary market reaching #9.