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in 1978, Governor of Florida Reubin Askew gave the Bee Gees "honorary citizenship" after the success of their single "Night Fever"?

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For the UK television program, see Night Fever (TV series).

"Night Fever"

Single by Bee Gees

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

Released

February 7, 1978

Format

7" single

Recorded

Le Château, Hérouville, France about April 1977 and
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, United States in September 1977^[1]

Genre

Disco, pop

Length

3:31

Label

RSO

Writer(s)

Barry, Robin, & 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)

Alternate cover

Alternate Single Cover

Saturday Night Fever track listing

Side A

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.

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 New York City streets. An interesting note, in the video Barry Gibb was shown without his trademark beard.^[3]

The song lists at #33 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1]

1 Chart performance
2 Covers
3 Notes
4 External links

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 2009-09-29.
^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself

External links

Night Fever information at SuperSeventies

Preceded by "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single March 18, 1978 - May 6, 1978	Succeeded by "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman
Preceded by "Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs" by Brian and Michael	UK number-one single 29 April 1978 - 6 May 1978	Succeeded by "Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M

The Bee Gees

Barry Gibb · Robin Gibb · Maurice Gibb
Colin Petersen · Vince Melouney

Studio albums

1960s	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)

1970s	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)

1980s	Living Eyes (1981) · E.S.P. (1987) · One (1989)

1990s	High Civilization (1991) · Size Isn't Everything (1993) · Still Waters (1997)

2000s	This Is Where I Came In (2001)

Singles (US and UK)

1960s	"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" · "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

Melody (1971) · Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (1977) · Staying Alive (1983)

Live albums

Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live (1977) · One Night Only (1998)

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)

See also: Bee Gees discography

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