How Deep Is Your Love

"How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop song written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single in September. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, it was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 on 24 December 1977 (becoming the first of six consecutive US number-one hits) and stayed in the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks. The single spent six weeks atop the US adult contemporary chart. It is listed at number 20 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1]  Alongside "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever", it is one of the group's three tracks on the list. The song was covered by Take That for their 1996 Greatest Hits album, reaching number-one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.[2]

The song was ranked number 375 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In a British TV special shown in December 2011, it was voted "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song" by ITV viewers.[3]

The song set a record by accumulating 33 weeks in one chart run.



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[hide]  *1 Background  ==Background[ edit] == Following mixing for Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live, they began recording songs for what was to be the follow-up studio album to 1976's Children of the World. Then the call came from Robert Stigwood requesting songs for a movie he was producing. The Bee Gees obliged and gave him five songs, one of which was "How Deep Is Your Love". ==Recording[ edit] == By the time Children of the World was recorded, it was pretty much established that Barry was now the primary vocalist of the group, mostly being falsetto leads with the occasional natural breathy voice. Even most of the backing vocals were done by Barry, such that Robin and Maurice are barely heard in the mix, even though they are there. Despite this, Robin sings the melody for the chorus and audibly sings various ad libs during this song. Recordings for all of the tracks for Saturday Night Fever, including "How Deep Is Your Love", were done in the Spring of 1977. Barry worked out the melody with keyboard player Blue Weaver, though he is not credited officially as a songwriter here. A demo was made at Le Château d'Hérouville in France, with the additional recording done atCriteria Studios when they got back to Miami.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] ==Music video<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Two music videos were made for this song. In one, the brothers are singing while an image of a woman shows throughout the video. Barry Gibb had his beard shaven off in this video, as in the "Night Fever" video.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  A second video was later made in which the brothers sing while passing by a stream of rainbow lights. In this video Barry Gibb is bearded.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] ==Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The song won Best Pop Performance by a Group at the 20th Grammy Awards which were held on 23 February 1978. The song also received a nomination forBest Original Song at the 35th Golden Globe awards held on 28 January 1978. The award went to "You Light Up My Life" by Kasey Cisyk. At the time of both award ceremonies, the song was still in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ==Lawsuit<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Main article: Selle v. Gibb<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1983, the Bee Gees were sued by a Chicago songwriter, Ronald Selle, who claimed that the Gibb brothers stole melodic material from one of his songs, "Let It End", and used it in "How Deep Is Your Love". At trial, the jury returned a finding for Selle. The Bee Gees attorney immediately asked for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The basis for the motion was that Selle had failed to show, as was required by the law, that the Bee Gees had prior access to his song. Even Selle had admitted that he'd sent out his demo tape to only a few recording companies, none of whom did business with the Bee Gees. Selle also admitted that there were some similarities between his song and several Bee Gee compositions that predated his song by several years, as well as similarities with the John Lennon/Paul McCartney song, From Me to You. The judge ruled in favour of the Bee Gees. Selle appealed the ruling, but it was upheld by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals which agreed that Selle had not proven his case.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] ==Covers<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"How Deep Is Your Love" is one of the most covered songs in the Gibb catalogue performed by such artists as:
 * 2 Recording
 * 3 Music video
 * 4 Awards
 * 5 Lawsuit
 * 6 Covers
 * 7 Charts and certifications
 * 7.1 Charts
 * 7.2 Sales and certifications
 * 8 Take That version
 * 8.1 Music video
 * 8.2 Track listing
 * 8.3 Chart performance
 * 8.4 End-of-decade charts
 * 8.5 Certifications
 * 9 References
 * 10 External links

==Charts and certifications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Take That version<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Take That's version was released as a single from their Greatest Hits compilation in 1996. The single went on to become what was to be the band's final UK number one until their 2006 comeback single "Patience" a decade later. The song stayed at number one in the UK charts for three weeks. The single sold 671,000 copies and has received a Platinum sales status certification in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. ===Music video<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The music video saw the four members of the band tied to chairs and in a basement. A blonde woman with heavy mascara (actress and model Paula Hamilton) walks into the basement and circles the four members individually pulling their hair. She then puts them all into her van and drives down the motorway. She stops by a reservoir and has the four members placed on the edge, she points at each member before grabbing Gary's rope and pushes him back still holding on. Her fingers slip through the rope and he falls backwards, the others look shocked as she does. She then smirks. ===Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Chart performance<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Aberdeen (1997)
 * Adeaze (2004)
 * Jeffrey Archer (1981)
 * B3 (2002)
 * Baby Lemonade (1994)
 * Backstreet Boys (2003)
 * Bad Plus (2009)
 * The Bird and the Bee (2009)
 * Blaze (2002)
 * Paul Brett (1980)
 * Brotherhood of Man (1978)
 * Michael Bublé and Kelly Rowland (2010)
 * Richard Clayderman (1984)
 * Ray Coniff (1978)
 * En Vogue (2003)
 * Ferrante & Teicher (1978)
 * The 5th Dimension (1995)
 * John Frusciante (2006)
 * Adam Garcia (1998)
 * Lionel Hampton (1978)
 * David Hassellhoff (1987)
 * Marcia Hines (2004)
 * Jam Hsiao (2012)
 * Jinusean (1999)
 * Billy Jenkins (1999)
 * Jeff Johnson (2011)
 * The Katinas, on their album Love Chapter (2013)
 * Kyla, on her album Private Affair (2010)
 * Johnny Mathis (1978)
 * Paul Mauriat (1978)
 * Mina (1985)
 * Peter Nero (1998)
 * N'Sync (2003)
 * Anonymous (2001)
 * Portrait (1995)
 * Real McCoy (1994)
 * Martin Rolinski (2007)
 * Take That (1996)
 * Tomoyo Harada (2002)
 * Ultra Naté (2001)
 * Luther Vandross (1993)
 * Dionne Warwick (1978)
 * Hayley Westenra (2000)
 * Peter White (1994)
 * Ann Wilson (2000)
 * David Choi (2008)
 * Barney & Friends (Christmas special, circa 2004)
 * Tina Turner (2000)
 * Lea Michele (Rachel Berry, Glee) (2012)
 * In the 1991 Only Fools and Horses film Miami Twice, the character Del Boy sings the song from afar to Barry Gibb
 * Donny Osmond, on his Love Songs of The 70's
 * Gerry Capó (2012)
 * UK Cassette single (74321 35591 5)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Never Forget" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:38
 * UK CD single no. 1 (74321 35559 2)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Every Guy" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 5:36
 * 3) "Lady Tonight" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 4:13
 * 4) "Sunday To Saturday" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 3:48
 * UK CD single no. 2 (74321 35560 2)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Back For Good" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:06
 * 3) "Babe" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 6:10
 * 4) "Never Forget" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:38
 * EU CD single no. 1 (74321 35243 2)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Back For Good" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:06
 * EU CD single no. 2 (74321 35244 2)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Back For Good" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:06
 * 3) "Every Guy" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 5:36
 * Japanese CD single (BVCP-2406)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Every Guy" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 5:36
 * 3) "Babe" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 6:10
 * 4) "Back for Good" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:06
 * UK 7" vinyl – jukebox release only (74321 35632 2)
 * 1) "How Deep Is Your Love" – 3:41
 * 2) "Never Forget" (live from Earl's Court & Manchester Nynex) – 7:38