| "How Deep Is Your Love" | |||||||||||||
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| Single by Bee Gees | |||||||||||||
| from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track | |||||||||||||
| B-side | "Can't Keep A Good Man Down (live)" | ||||||||||||
| Released | September 1977 | ||||||||||||
| Format | vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | ||||||||||||
| Recorded | Château d'Hérouville, Hérouville, 1977 |
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| Genre | R&B, pop, soft rock | ||||||||||||
| Length | 4:06 3:36 (7" version) |
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| Label | RSO | ||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb | ||||||||||||
| Producer | Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | ||||||||||||
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"How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop song recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single in September. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, it was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 on 24 December 1977 (becoming the first of six consecutive US number-one hits) and stayed in the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks. The single spent six weeks atop the US adult contemporary chart. It is listed at # 20 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1] Alongside "Stayin' Alive", it is one of the group's two tracks on the list. The song was covered by Take That for their 1996 Greatest Hits album, reaching number-one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.
In 1983, The Bee Gees were sued by a Chicago songwriter, Ronald Selle, who claimed that the Gibb brothers stole melodic material from one of his songs, "Let It End", and used it in "How Deep Is Your Love". At first, The Bee Gees lost the case; one juror said that a factor in the jury's decision was the Gibbs' failure to introduce expert testimony rebutting the plaintiff's expert testimony that it was "impossible" for the two songs to have been written independently. However, the verdict was overturned a few months later.[2][3] The song was ranked #366 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In a British TV special shown in December 2011, it was voted "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song" by ITV viewers.[4]
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Two music videos were made for this song. In one, the brothers are singing while an image of a woman shows throughout the video. Barry Gibb had his beard shaven off in this video, as in the "Night Fever" video.[5] A second video was later made in which the brothers sing while passing by a stream of rainbow lights. In this video Barry Gibb is bearded.[6]
The song won Best Pop Performance by a Group at the 20th Grammy Awards which were held on 23 February 1978. The song also received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 35th Golden Globe awards held on 28 January 1978. The award went to You Light Up My Life. At the time of both award ceremonies, the song was still in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australia | 3 |
| Austria | 13 |
| Belgium | 6 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Chile | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Germany | 21 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Norway | 5 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| Spain | 7 |
| Sweden | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 3 |
| United States | 1 |
| Netherlands | 15 |
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| Single by Take That | ||||||||||
| from the album Take That: Greatest Hits | ||||||||||
| Released | 26 February 1996 | |||||||||
| Format | Cassette, CD Single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||
| Length | 3:40 | |||||||||
| Label | Polydor | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||||||||
| Certification | Platinum | |||||||||
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Take That's version was released as a single from their Greatest Hits compilation in 1996. The single went on to become what was to be the band's final UK number one until their 2006 comeback single Patience a decade later. The song stayed at number one in the UK charts for three weeks. The single sold 671,000 copies and has received a Platinum sales status certification in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain.
The music video saw the four members of the band tied to chairs and in a basement. A blonde woman with smeared mascara (actress and model Paula Hamilton) walks into the basement and circles the four members individually pulling their hair. She then puts them all into her van and drives down the motorway. She stops by a reservoir and has the four members placed on the edge, she points at each member before grabbing Gary's rope and pushes him back still holding on. Her fingers slip through the rope and he falls backwards, the others look shocked as she does. She then smirks.
| End of year chart (1996) | Position |
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| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 44 |
| Belgian (Walonia) Singles Chart | 35 |
| Italian Singles Chart[15] | 23 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 30 |
| UK Singles Chart (1996 Year-End) | 12 |
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| UK[16] | Platinum | 1 March 1996 | 600,000 |
| Preceded by "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone |
Billboard Easy Listening number-one single (Bee Gees version) 26 November 1977 (6 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel |
| Preceded by "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Bee Gees version) 24 December 1977 – 7 January 1978 |
Succeeded by "Baby Come Back" by Player |
| Preceded by "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo |
Danish Number-one hits of 1996 (Take That version) 16 March 1996 – 6 April 1996 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "One of Us" by Joan Osborne |
| Preceded by "Don't Look Back in Anger" by Oasis |
Irish IRMA number one single (Take That version) 24 February 1996 – 16 March 1996 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Aon Focal Eile" by Richie Kavanagh |
| Preceded by "Children" by Robert Miles |
Italian Singles Chart Number 1 Singles in Italy (Take That version) 23 March 1996 – 30 March 1996 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "La terra dei cachi" by "Elio e le Storie Tese & Orchestra Spettacolo Casadei" |
| Preceded by "Jesus to a Child" by "George Michael" |
Spanish Singles Chart (Take That version) 25 March 1996 – 1 April 1996 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Jesus to a Child" by "George Michael" |
| Preceded by "Don't Look Back in Anger" by Oasis |
UK Singles Chart number-one single (Take That version) 3 March 1996 – 24 March 1996 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Firestarter" by Prodigy |
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