You Should Be Dancing

"You Should Be Dancing" is a song by the Bee Gees, from the album Children of the World, released in 1976. It hit No. 1 for one week on the American Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 for seven weeks on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and in September the same year, reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] The song also peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Soul chart. It was this song that first launched the Bee Gees into disco. It was also the only track from the group to top the dance chart.

"You Should Be Dancing"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Children of the World
B-side"Subway"
Released
  • June 1976 (UK)[1]
  • July 1976 (US)[1]
Recorded19 January–1, 8 February 1976 Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
6 May 1976, Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec
GenreDisco[1][2]
Length4:16
LabelRSO
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)"
(1976)		 "You Should Be Dancing"
(1976)		 "Love So Right"
(1976)
Music video
"You Should Be Dancing (Audio)" on YouTube

It is also one of six songs performed by the Bee Gees included in the Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack which came out a year later.

Origin

"You Should Be Dancing" was recorded 19 January, 1 and 8 February, and 6 May 1976 with Barry Gibb providing lead vocals in falsetto.[1] Barry had developed his falsetto to an incredible degree in the ten months since the release of "Baby As You Turn Away" from the Main Course album on which he sang a full song in falsetto for the first time (except for its chorus).[4] Keyboardist Blue Weaver recalls that Maurice Gibb wrote the bass line and sang the horn parts to the brass players, while Barry sang parts for Weaver to play, while guitarist Alan Kendall got in a short guitar solo for its instrumental break.[1]

Stephen Stills was also at Criteria Studios recording the album, Long May You Run, with his band and Neil Young. Stills added percussion on the song's February sessions. Members of Stills's backing band, George Perry (bass) and Joe Lala (percussion), also worked with the Bee Gees on some songs.[4]

Reception

Billboard described "You Should Be Dancing" as a "strong, uptempo disco cut" with the Bee Gees' "strongest singing since "Jive Talkin'."[5]

Charts

The song was their third Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 and their sixth No. 1 in Canada. It ended as the No. 31 song of the year.[6] In the '70s some of the Bee Gees' songs were deemed too uptempo for AC/Easy Listening Radio which led to "You Should Be Dancing" only reaching No. 25 on that chart.[7] It also hit No. 4 in Ireland. In Australia, where the brothers spent a number of years in their youth, it managed only to nick the top 20.

"You Should Be Dancing" is known today as the first chart-topper in which Barry Gibb uses his now-trademark falsetto in a lead vocal (he had previously used it on the top 10 "Nights on Broadway" and on "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)"). Earlier songs, such as "Jive Talkin'", had Gibb use a melodic blue-eyed soul vocal style.

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[29] Gold 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track.[30]

E. Sensual version
"B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing"
Single by E. Sensual
B-side"Remix"
Released1995
Length3:30
LabelDance Pool
Songwriter(s)
E. Sensual singles chronology
"B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing"
(1995)		 "Check Me Out"
(1996)
Music video
"B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing" on YouTube

In 1995, E. Sensual released a cover, titled "B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing", which reached number three in Hungary and number four in Finland.

Track listing

Europe: CD maxi (1995)

  1. B.G.Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Radio Edit) (3:30)
  2. B.G.Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Vocal Club Mix) (6:09)
  3. B.G.Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix) (8:08)

France: CD maxi (Remixes, 1995)

  1. B.G.Tips - You Should Be Dancing (DJ Albert Radio Edit) (3:49)
  2. B.G.Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Radio Edit) (3:26)
  3. B.G.Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Euro Mix) (6:06)
  4. B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing (DJ Albert Progressive House Mix) (7:19)
  5. B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix 1) (8:06)
  6. B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix 2) (7:12)

Charts
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[31] 38
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[32] 73
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[33] 4
France (SNEP)[34] 26
Hungary (Mahasz)[35] 3
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[36] 36
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 39

Blockster version
"You Should Be..."
Single by Blockster
Released1999
LabelMinistry of Sound
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Blockster
Blockster singles chronology
"You Should Be..."
(1999)		 "Grooveline"
(1999)

Blockster released a cover, titled "You Should Be...", which reached number three in the UK chart in January 1999.[38]

Critical reception

Daily Record wrote, "This was one of the big club floor-fillers last year. Another hit proving that a few words, a catchy melody and big bass sound seems to equal a hit."[39]

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[40] 7
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[41] 11
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[42] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[43] 19
Scotland (OCC)[44] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[38] 3

Other cover versions

The Bee Gees remixed the song in 1993 for their album Size Isn't Everything, under the title "Decadance".[45]

Blake Lewis, the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol, performed the song on the show on 8 May 2007. His studio version was later released on the American Idol official website and on American Idol Season 6: The Collector's Edition, a compilation of studio versions of songs performed by Idol finalists.

In 2012, the song was featured in the Glee episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver". The song was sung by Blaine Anderson (portrayed by Darren Criss), Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr.) and Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris).

See also

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