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Use British English|date=August 2011Use dmy dates|date=October 2011Infobox single| Name = You Should Be Dancing| Cover = You Should Be Dancing 1.JPG| Artist = Bee Gees | Album = Children of the World |B-side = " Subway (song)|Subway " | Released = 21 June 1976 | Format = Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | Recorded = Criteria Studios , Miami, Florida , 18 January & mdash; 8 February 1976; Le Studio , Morin Heights, Quebec , 6 May 1976 | Genre = Disco music|Disco | Length = 4:16 | Label = RSO Records|RSO | Writer = Barry Gibb|Barry , Robin Gibb|Robin , & amp; Maurice Gibb | Producer = Albhy Galuten Karl Richardson Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb | Reviews = | Last single = " Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) " (1976) | This single = " You Should Be Dancing " (1976) | Next single = " Love So Right " (1976) | Misc = Extra track listing | Album = Saturday Night Fever (album)|Saturday Night Fever | Type = single Infobox single| Name = You Should Be... | Cover = You_shouldbe.jpg | Artist = Blockster | | Album = | Released = 1999 | Format = CD single | Recorded = 1999 | Genre = | Length = | Label = | Producer = Blockster | Last single = | This single = " You Should Be... " (1999) | Next single = "Grooveline" (1999) " You Should Be Dancing " is a single by the Bee Gees , from the album, Children of the World , in 1976. The single hit number one for one week on the American Billboard Hot 100 , number one for seven weeks on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and in July the same year, reached number five on the UK Singles Chart .Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 52 ISBN 0-85112-199-3 The song also peaked at number four on the Billboard R& B chart. It was this song that first launched the Bee Gees into disco stardom, although rock-oriented drums and guitars can be heard in the background. It was also the only track from the group to top the dance chart.
The song was their third Billboard Hot 100 number-one and their sixth number-one in Canada. It ended up the year as the #31 song of the year on the Hot 100. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=411& cfgn=Year-end+Singles& cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100& ci=3077237& cdi=9014406& cid=12%2F31%2F1976 dead link|date=January 2012 In the 70's some of the Bee Gees' songs were deemed too uptempo for Adult Contemporary (chart)|AC/Easy Listening Radio which lead to "You Should Be Dancing" only reaching number 25 on that chart. http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/the-top-100-adult-contemporary-songs-ever-1005279452.story? page=5 The Top 100 Adult Contemporary Songs Ever - Chart Beat - Billboard.com It also hit number four 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 (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.
The song was prominently featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever and appears on its soundtrack album. Live performances of "You Should Be Dancing" during the 1979 Spirits Having Flown tour featured the Bee Gees' younger sibling, Andy Gibb , on backing vocals. The Boston Celtics also play this song when they are about to win a basketball game accompanied by the ever popular "Dancing Gino" video from the television show American Bandstand . Recently, the Tampa Bay Rays have started playing the song at home games between innings.
Chart performance
Chart
Peak position
United States
1
Canada
1
Brazil
2
Ireland
4
United Kingdom
5
Italy
7
Sweden
8
New Zealand
10
Norway
11
Belgium
12
Spain
15
Germany
16
Netherlands
17
Australia
20
France
24
United States AC
25
Blockster's version
Blockster released a cover "You Should Be...", which reached number three in the UK chart in January 1999.Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 66 ISBN 0-85112-199-3
Blake Lewis , the runner-up on the American Idol (season 6)|sixth season of American Idol , performed the song on the show on 8 May 2007. His studio version was later released on the Fox Interactive Media| American Idol official website and on '' American Idol compilation series#Season 6: The Collector's Edition|American Idol Season 6: The Collector's Edition , a compilation album|compilation of studio versions of songs performed by Idol finalists.
In 2012, the song was featured in the Glee (TV series)|Glee episode " Saturday Night Glee-ver ". The song was sung by Blaine Anderson (protrayed by Darren Criss ), Mike Chang ( Harry Shum, Jr. ) and Brittany Pierce ( Heather Morris ).
s-startsuccession box| before = " Don't Go Breaking My Heart " by Elton John and Kiki Dee | title = Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 Hot 100 number-one hits of 1976 (United States)|number-one single | years = 4 September 1976 | after = " (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty " by KC and the Sunshine Band succession box| before = " The Best Disco in Town " by The Ritchie Family | title = Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Number-one dance hits of 1976 (USA)|number-one single | years = 14 August 1976 – 25 September 1976 | after = " Cherchez La Femme " / "Sour and Sweet" / "I'll Play the Fool" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band s-end
See also
Hot 100 number-one hits of 1976 (United States)
References
Reflist Bee Gees Category:1976 singles Category:1999 singles Category:Bee Gees songs Category:Blake Lewis songs Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles Category:Disco songs Category:Songs from Saturday Night Fever Category:Songs written by Barry Gibb Category:Songs written by Maurice Gibb Category:Songs written by Robin Gibb Category:RSO Records singles
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