"You Stepped into My Life" |
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Single by Bee Gees |
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from the album Children of the World |
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A-side | "Love So Right" |
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Released | September 1976 |
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Recorded | 3 February 1976, 7 May 1976 |
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Studio | - Criteria, Miami, Florida
- Quebec, Canada
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Genre | Disco[1] |
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Length | 3:25 |
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Label | RSO |
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Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb |
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Producer(s) | Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson |
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Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology |
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"Subway" (1976) | "You Stepped into My Life" (1976) | "Lovers" (1976) | |
"You Stepped into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World.[2] It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right".[3] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.
In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right"[4] In Scandinavia and UK, it released as a double A side single with "Love So Right". AllMusic's Bruce Eder called this funk number as one of the "soul ballads" on the album Children of the World.[5]
Recording
The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3 at Criteria Studios in Miami. It was finished on May 7 after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "Boogie Child" the day before in Le Studio in Quebec.[6]
Musical structure
The first parts of the song features a funky electric and bass guitar beat by Alan Kendall and Maurice Gibb, and later joined by Blue Weaver through synthesizers and keyboards.
The song is all about a singer became happy when he met his lover; the singer also tells his painful memory before he met his lover, and described her touch to him as an "ecstasy".[citation needed]
Personnel
Cover versions
- Melba Moore recorded a Philly soul version of the song for her 1978 Epic Records album release Melba, produced by McFadden & Whitehead with Jerry Cohen.[7][8][9] The singer and her producers had aimed at scoring Moore a breakout hit with a Bee Gees cover and chose "You Stepped Into My Life", the group's own original version being comparatively low-profile.[10] "You Stepped Into My Life" did afford Moore a major club hit and became the second and most successful of her two Billboard Hot 100 singles while remaining a Top 40 shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles. In 2024, the song was certified platinum for sales of a million copies in the USA.[11]
- Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.
References
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (January 19, 2023). "The Bee Gees' 40 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Children of the World". Discogs.
- ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Love So Right". Discogs.
- ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release)". Discogs.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Children of the World - Bee Gees". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1976".
- ^ Chicago Tribune 22 October 1978 "Lineup For Listening" by Bob Cooper p.6-15
- ^ "McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard". Billboard. May 5, 1979. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Discogs.com (1978). "Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life". Discogs.
- ^ "Q&A: Melba Moore". 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Melba Moore Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
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