Shadow Dancing (song)

"Shadow Dancing" is a disco song performed by English singer Andy Gibb that reached number one for seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. The song was later sampled in the title track of Skrillex's 2010 debut EP, My Name Is Skrillex. Albhy Galuten (who also produced this song) arranged the song with Barry Gibb.

Song development

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.^[1] "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."^[2] While Andy Gibb would have three more Top 10 hits in the U.S., this would be his final chart-topping hit in America.

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. In addition the song peaked at number eleven on the soul chart^[3] and sold 2.5 million copies in the United States alone.^[4] Its two B-sides "Let It Be Me" appeared on US version and "Too Many Looks In Your Eyes" was from his previous album Flowing Rivers.

In July that year, Gibb performed "Shadow Dancing" at the Jai-Alai Fronton Studios in Miami, when Barry, Robin and Maurice unexpectedly joined him on stage, and sang this song with him, and it was the first time, on which all four brothers performed together in concert.^[5]

Personnel

Andy Gibb - lead vocals
Barry Gibb - backing vocals, orchestral arrangement
Joey Murcia - guitar
Tim Renwick - guitar
George Bitzer - keyboards, synthesizer
Harold Cowart - bass
Ron Ziegler - drums
Joe Lala - percussion
Peter Graves - horns
Whit Sidener - horns
Ken Faulk - horns
Bill Purse - horns
Neil Bonsanti - horns
Stan Webb - horns
Albhy Galuten - orchestral arrangement
Karl Richardson - engineer

Track listing

USA and Canada
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shadow Dancing"	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb	4:34
2.	"Let it Be Me"	Andy Gibb	3:30

United Kingdom
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shadow Dancing"	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb	4:34
2.	"Too Many Looks in Your Eyes"	Andy Gibb, Albhy Galuten	3:30

Italy
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shadow Dancing"	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb	4:34
2.	"Fool for a Night"	Andy Gibb	3:20

Chart positions

Charts	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	42
United States Billboard Hot 100	1
Australia ARIA Charts	11
US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Charts	8
US Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs Charts	11
New Zealand RIANZ Charts	5
Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles	1

References

↑ Gibb Songs 1978
↑ Bronson, Fred (October 2, 2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (Fifth ed.). Billboard Books. p. 485. ISBN 978-0823076772.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 229.
↑ Grein, Paul (August 26, 1978). "Billboard Vol. 90, No. 34". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). Retrieved June 8, 2012.
↑ Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing at Songfacts.com

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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 "With a Little Luck" by Paul McCartney and Wings	*Canadian RPM* number-one single** 17 June - 1 July 1978	Succeeded by "It's a Heartache" by Bonnie Tyler

v t e Andy Gibb

Discography

Studio albums	Flowing Rivers (1977) Shadow Dancing (1978) After Dark (1980)

Singles	"Words and Music" "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" "Shadow Dancing" "An Everlasting Love" "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away" "Why" "Desire" "I Can't Help It" (duet with Olivia Newton-John) "Time Is Time" "Me (Without You)" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (duet with Victoria Principal)

Compilations	Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Collection 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection Mythology

Other songs	"Warm Ride" "Rest Your Love on Me" (duet with Olivia Newton-John) "Arrow Through the Heart"

Related articles	Bee Gees RSO Records Polydor Records Solid Gold (TV series) Warner Music Group Universal Music Group

Book

v t e Billboard Year-End number one singles (1960–1979)

1960: Theme from A Summer Place – Percy Faith 1961: "Tossin' and Turnin'" – Bobby Lewis 1962: "Stranger on the Shore" – Mr. Acker Bilk 1963: "Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs 1964: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles 1965: "Wooly Bully" – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs 1966: "Ballad of the Green Berets" – S/Sgt. Barry Sadler 1967: "To Sir, with Love" – Lulu 1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles 1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies 1970: "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel 1971: "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night 1972: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack 1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974: "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand 1975: "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille 1976: "Silly Love Songs" – Wings 1977: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – Rod Stewart 1978: "Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb 1979: "My Sharona" – The Knack

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