- Night Fever
-
For the UK television programme, see Night Fever (TV series).
"Night Fever" 
Single by Bee Gees from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track Released 7 February 1978 Format 7" single Recorded c. April 1977, Château d'Hérouville, France and
September 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, United States [1]Genre Disco, pop music Length 3:31 Label RSO Writer(s) Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson Certification Platinum (RIAA)[2] Bee Gees singles chronology "Stayin' Alive"
(1977)"Night Fever"
(1978)"Too Much Heaven"
(1979)Alternative cover 
Alternate Single CoverSaturday Night Fever track listing - Side A
- "Stayin' Alive"
- "How Deep Is Your Love"
- "Night Fever"
- "More Than a Woman"
- "If I Can't Have You"
- Side B
- "A Fifth of Beethoven"
- "More Than a Woman"
- "Manhattan Skyline"
- "Calypso Breakdown"
- Side C
- "Night on Disco Mountain"
- "Open Sesame" performed
- "Jive Talkin'"
- "You Should Be Dancing"
- Boogie Shoes"
- Side D
- "Salsation"
- "K-Jee"
- "Disco Inferno"
"Night Fever" is a disco song, written and performed by The Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title Night Fever but was wary of marketing a movie with that name. He combined the two suggestions and the idea for Saturday Night Fever as a motion picture was born.[citation needed]
"Night Fever" remained the number one Billboard Hot 100 single for over two months in 1978. It also replaced Andy Gibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one, and was in turn replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You" - all of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers.
After the success of "Night Fever," the Governor of Florida, Reubin O'Donovan Askew, made the three men "honorary citizens" of the state, due to the amount of time they spent each year recording singles in Miami.[citation needed]
In addition to Saturday Night Fever, the song has also appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for Mystery Men.
The song lists at #33 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[3]
Contents
Music Video
A rare music video was made for the song in 1978, however it wasn't shown to the public until 2004 despite the fact the video didn't contain any uncensored content. It features the brothers singing the song in a dark studio cut with images from the Las Vegas, Nevada streets (based on the interspersed shots of the Golden Nugget, Castaways and Desert Inn casinos.) An interesting note, in the video Barry Gibb was shown without his trademark beard.[4]
Chart performance
Chart Peak position United States 1 Canada 1 United Kingdom 1 Spain 1 Ireland 1 Brazil 1 Belgium 2 Germany 2 Norway 2 New Zealand 2 South Africa 2 China 3 Netherlands 3 Japan 4 Austria 4 Italy 5 Sweden 5 Finland 6 Australia 7 France 31 Covers
Texan punk rock band The Dicks covered this song on the B-side of their 1980 debut single "Hate the Police" under the title "All Night Fever".
In 2008, Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena performed a cover version of "Night Fever" for the French film Disco.
Notes
- ^ Gibb Songs by Joe Brennan, 1977
- ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Bee Gees Platinum Singles. RIAA.com. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-40.shtml billboard.com
- ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
External links
Preceded by
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy GibbBillboard Hot 100 number-one single
18 March 1978 – 6 May 1978Succeeded by
"If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne EllimanPreceded by
"Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" by Brian and MichaelUK number-one single
29 April 1978 – 6 May 1978Succeeded by
"Rivers of Babylon" by Boney MThe Bee Gees Barry Gibb · Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb • Colin Petersen · Vince Melouney · Alan Kendall · Blue WeaverStudio albums The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs (1965) · Spicks and Specks (1966) · Bee Gees' 1st (1967) · Horizontal (1968) · Idea (1968) · Odessa (1969) · Cucumber Castle (1970) · 2 Years On (1970) · Trafalgar (1971) · To Whom It May Concern (1972) · Life in a Tin Can (1973) · Mr. Natural (1974) · Main Course (1975) · Children of the World (1976) · Spirits Having Flown (1979) · Living Eyes (1981) · E.S.P. (1987) · One (1989) · High Civilization (1991) · Size Isn't Everything (1993) · Still Waters (1997) · This Is Where I Came In (2001)Singles 1960s"Spicks and Specks" (1966) · "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967) · "To Love Somebody" (1967) · "Holiday" (1967) · "Massachusetts" (1967) · "World" (1967) · "Words" (1968) · "Jumbo" (1968) · "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968) · "I Started a Joke" (1968) · "First of May" (1969) · "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" (1969) · "Don't Forget to Remember" (1969)1970s"If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" (1970) · "I.O.I.O." (1970) · "Lonely Days" (1970) · "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" (1971) · "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" (1971) · "My World" (1972) · "Run to Me" (1972) · "Alive" (1972) · "Saw a New Morning" (1973) · "Wouldn't I Be Someone" (1973) · "Mr. Natural" (1974) · "Throw a Penny" (1974) · "Charade" (1974) · "Jive Talkin'" (1975) · "Nights on Broadway" (1975) · "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" (1976) · "You Should Be Dancing" (1976) · "Love So Right" (1976) · "Boogie Child" (1977) · "Edge of the Universe" (1977) · "How Deep Is Your Love" (1977) · "Stayin' Alive" (1977) · "Night Fever" (1978) · "Too Much Heaven" (1978) · "Tragedy" (1979) · "Love You Inside Out" (1979) · "Spirits (Having Flown)" (1979)1980s"He's a Liar" (1981) · "Living Eyes" (1981) · "The Woman in You" (1983) · "Someone Belonging to Someone" (1983) · "You Win Again" (1987) · "E.S.P." (1987) · "Crazy for Your Love" (1988) · "Ordinary Lives" (1989) · "One" (1989)1990s"Bodyguard" (1990) · "Secret Love" (1991) · "When He's Gone" (1991) · "Paying the Price of Love" (1993) · "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1993) · "How to Fall in Love, Part 1" (1994) · "Alone" (1997) · "I Could Not Love You More" (1997) · "Still Waters (Run Deep)" (1997) · "Immortality" (1998)2000s"This Is Where I Came In" (2001)Soundtracks Live albums Compilation albums Best of Bee Gees (1969) · Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 (1973) · Bee Gees Gold (1976) · Bee Gees Greatest (1979) · Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990) · The Very Best of the Bee Gees (1990) · Their Greatest Hits: The Record (2001) · Number Ones (2004) · Love Songs (2005) · The Ultimate Bee Gees (2009) · Mythology (2010)Gibb Productions Andy Gibb's "Flowing Rivers" (1977), "Shadow Dancing" (1978) & "After Dark" (1980) · Jimmy Ruffin's "Sunrise" (1980) · Barbra Streisand's "Guilty" (1980) · Dionne Warwick's "Heartbreaker" (1982) · Kenny Rogers' "Eyes That See in the Dark" (1983) · Diana Ross' "Eaten Alive" (1985) · Carola's "Runaway" (1986) · Barbra Streisand's "Guilty Pleasures" (2005)Videography Cucumber Castle (1969) · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) · The Bee Gees Special (1979) · One For All Tour (1990) · Keppel Road (1997) · One Night Only (1998) · This Is Where I Came In (2001) · Live By Request (2002) · In Our Own Time (2010)Related articles 
Book:Bee GeesCategories:- 1978 singles
- Bee Gees songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles
- Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles
- Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Songs from Saturday Night Fever
- Disco songs
- Songs written by Barry Gibb
- Songs written by Maurice Gibb
- Songs written by Robin Gibb
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
