You Should Be Dancing#Blockster version
{{short description|1976 single by Bee Gees}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox song
| name = You Should Be Dancing
| cover = You Should Be Dancing 1.JPG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bee Gees
| album = Children of the World
| B-side = Subway
| recorded = 19 January–1, 8 February 1976
6 May 1976
| released = {{start date|1976|06}}
| studio = {{hlist|Criteria (Miami)|Le Studio (Morin Heights, Quebec)}}
| genre = Disco{{cite web |first= Donald A. |last= Guarisco |title= You Should be Dancing – Song Review |website= AllMusic |access-date= 23 May 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/song/you-should-be-dancing-mt0002032837 |archive-date= 24 July 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120724205621/http://www.allmusic.com/song/you-should-be-dancing-mt0002032837 |url-status= live }}
| length = 4:16 (single)
4:47 (12" version)
| label = RSO
| writer = {{hlist|Barry Gibb|Robin Gibb|Maurice Gibb}}
| producer = Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
| prev_title = Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Love So Right
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|FgXTygS865M|"You Should Be Dancing (Audio)"}}}}
}}
"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. 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.
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.{{cite web |first= Joseph |last= Brennan |title= Gibb Songs: 1976 |agency= Columbia University |access-date= 18 January 2015 |url= http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/76.html |archive-date= 15 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150215050505/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/76.html |url-status= live }} Barry had developed his falsetto to a remarkable 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).{{cite web |first= Joseph |last= Brennan |title= Gibb Songs: 1975 |agency= Columbia University |access-date= 18 January 2015 |url= http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/75.html |archive-date= 10 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150110063912/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/75.html |url-status= live }} 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.
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.
Reception
Billboard described "You Should Be Dancing" as a "strong, uptempo disco cut" with the Bee Gees' "strongest singing since "Jive Talkin'."{{cite magazine|title= Billboard's Top Single Picks |magazine= Billboard |page= 76 |date= 26 June 1976 |access-date= 13 July 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1976/Billboard%201976-06-26.pdf}} Cash Box said that "the playing is more polished [than 'Jive Talking'], and the band does some things to the vocals, with trading off, which are highly ear-catching."{{cite magazine |title= Singles Reviews |magazine= Cash Box |volume= XXXVIII |issue= 6 |page= 14 |date= 26 June 1976 |access-date= 11 December 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-06-26.pdf |archive-date= 27 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211127210027/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-06-26.pdf |url-status= live }} Record World called it an "across the board smash" saying "'Get off your back, you should be dancing' they sing and there's no resisting the stomping beat."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=June 26, 1976|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-04|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/RW-1976-06-26.pdf|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013030714/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/RW-1976-06-26.pdf|url-status=live}}
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. 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.{{cite magazine |first= Gary |last= Trust |title= The Top 100 Adult Contemporary Songs Ever |magazine= Billboard |date= 15 July 2015 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/469226/the-top-100-adult-contemporary-songs-ever |archive-date= 24 May 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130524032823/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/469226/the-top-100-adult-contemporary-songs-ever |url-status= live }} 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.
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (2012) !Peak |
| Belgium (Back Catalogue Singles Flanders){{cite web |title= 50 Back Catalogue Singles – 02/06/2012 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= 5 May 2016 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/back-catalogue/2012/20120602 |archive-date= 20 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160820113404/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/back-catalogue/2012/20120602 |url-status= live }}
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| {{single chart|France|143|artist=Bee Gees|song=You Should Be Dancing|access-date=5 May 2016}} |
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!Chart (2020) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Billboarddanceelectronic|19|artist=Bee Gees|access-date=29 December 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Bee Gees|title=You Should Be Dancing|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|access-date=16 June 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bee Gees|title=You Should Be Dancing|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|id=16673-1694-1|access-date=23 November 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Bee Gees|title=You Should Be Dancing|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|access-date=4 September 2020}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track.{{Cite AV media notes |title= Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track |year= 1977 |type= liner notes |publisher= RSO |access-date= 7 December 2016 |url= https://www.discogs.com/release/5333065-Saturday-Night-Fever-The-Original-Movie-Sound-Track/images |archive-date= 8 March 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210308193422/https://www.discogs.com/release/5333065-Saturday-Night-Fever-The-Original-Movie-Sound-Track/images |url-status= live }}
- Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar
- Robin Gibb – vocals
- Maurice Gibb – vocals, bass guitar
- Alan Kendall – guitar
- Dennis Bryon – drums
- Blue Weaver – keyboards
- Joe Lala − percussion
- George Perry − percussion
- Stephen Stills – additional percussion
E. Sensual version
{{Infobox song
| name = B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing
| cover = You Should Be Dancing.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = E. Sensual
| album =
| B-side = Remix
| released = 1995
| recorded =
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| length = 3:30
| label = Dance Pool
| writer = {{hlist|Barry Gibb|Robin Gibb|Maurice Gibb|Dylan Burns}}
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Check Me Out
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|PMyzDdONpaU|"B.G. Tips - You Should Be Dancing"}}}}
}}
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)
- B.G.Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Radio Edit) (3:30)
- B.G.Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Vocal Club Mix) (6:09)
- B.G.Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix) (8:08)
France: CD maxi (Remixes, 1995)
- B.G.Tips – You Should Be Dancing (DJ Albert Radio Edit) (3:49)
- B.G.Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Radio Edit) (3:26)
- B.G.Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Euro Mix) (6:06)
- B.G. Tips – You Should Be Dancing (DJ Albert Progressive House Mix) (7:19)
- B.G. Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix 1) (8:06)
- B.G. Tips – You Should Be Dancing (Original Mix 2) (7:12)
=Charts=
Blockster version
{{Infobox song
| name = You Should Be...
| cover = You shouldbe.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Blockster
| album =
| released = {{start date|1999|1|4|df=y}}{{cite magazine |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Music Week |page= 5 |date= 26 December 1998 |access-date= 16 July 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-12-26.pdf |archive-date= 16 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210716153127/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-12-26.pdf |url-status= live }}
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| label = Ministry of Sound
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| producer = Blockster
| prev_title =
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| next_title = Grooveline
| next_year = 1999
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British DJ Blockster released a cover of the song, titled "You Should Be...", on 4 January 1999. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart the same month. By doing so, it marked the first time that two songs written by the Gibb brothers had charted within the UK top three simultaneously, as Steps' cover of "Tragedy" was at number two during that week.{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |title= Chart Commentary |magazine= Music Week |page= 12 |date= 16 January 1999}}
=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."{{cite news|title= Chart Slot |newspaper= Daily Record |date= 22 January 1999}}
=Charts=
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!Chart (1999) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|7|artist=Blockster|song=You Should Be|access-date=5 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Canadadance|11|chartid=8393|access-date=5 May 2016}} |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title= Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= Music & Media |page= 9 |volume= 16 |issue= 4 |date= 23 January 1999 |access-date= 22 June 2018 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-01-23.pdf}}
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| {{single chart|Ireland2|19|artist=Blockster|access-date=5 May 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|6|date=19990110|access-date=4 July 2018}} |
| {{single chart|UK|3|date=19990110|access-date=5 May 2016|refname="UK2"}} |
Other cover versions
The Bee Gees remixed the song in 1993 for their album Size Isn't Everything, under the title "Decadance".{{cite web |first= Joseph |last= Brennan |title= Gibb Songs: 1993 |agency= Columbia University |access-date= 22 November 2020 |url= http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/93.html |archive-date= 25 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210225201403/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/93.html |url-status= live }}
Jessie J, Tinie Tempah and Taio Cruz performing "You Should Be Dancing" in 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. It was heard at the end of the 2010 animated film Despicable Me.
American rock band Foo Fighters, under the alter ego "Dee Gees", covered the song on BBC Radio 2's Sofa Session. The song can be found on their album Hail Satin.{{cite magazine |first= Anna |last= Chan |title= Foo Fighters Fly High with Their Cover of Bee Gees' Hit 'You Should Be Dancing': Listen |magazine= Billboard |date= 18 February 2021 |access-date= 19 February 2021 |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9527741/foo-fighters-cover-bee-gees-you-should-be-dancing-listen/ |archive-date= 18 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210218202224/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9527741/foo-fighters-cover-bee-gees-you-should-be-dancing-listen/ |url-status= live }}{{cite web |title= Foo Fighters to release disco album as the Dee Gees |publisher= BBC |date= 18 June 2021 |access-date= 14 November 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57524428 |archive-date= 14 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211114180041/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57524428 |url-status= live }}
For its third season American TV series Glee covered this song as part of its tribute episode to Saturday Night Fever, titled "Saturday Night Glee-ver". Darren Criss, Heather Morris, and Harry Shum Jr. provided lead vocals as their characters Blaine Anderson, Brittany Pierce, and Mike Chang.{{cite magazine |first= Rae |last= Votta |title= 'Glee' Recap: Disco Nightmare? Try Fun Diversion |magazine= Billboard |date= 18 April 2012 |access-date= 12 February 2022 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/glee-recap-disco-nightmare-try-fun-diversion-493448/amp/ |archive-date= 14 February 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220214234738/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/glee-recap-disco-nightmare-try-fun-diversion-493448/amp/ |url-status= live }}
See also
References
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