| "Jive Talkin'" | ||||
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| Single by Bee Gees | ||||
| from the album Main Course | ||||
| B-side | "Wind of Change" | |||
| Released | May 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 30 January – 19 February 1975 | |||
| Studio | Criteria, Miami | |||
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| Label | RSO | |||
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| Producer(s) | Arif Mardin | |||
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"Jive Talkin'" is a song by the Bee Gees, released as a single in May 1975 by RSO Records. This was the lead single from the album Main Course (as well as a song on the 1977 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack). It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and top-five on the UK Singles Chart in the middle of 1975. Largely recognised as the group's comeback song, it was their first US top-10 hit since "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (1971).
Barry Gibb re-recorded the song as a duet with country music star Miranda Lambert for his 2021 album Greenfields.
- ^ Brennan, Joseph. "Gibb Songs : 1975". Columbia University. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
'Jive Talkin'' now continues on from 'Nights on Broadway' as another funk song, but there is no falsetto.
- ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 833. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
Collecting the best of the Gibb brothers' born-again funk phase (like the itchy "Jive Talkin'") and some authentic dance-floor jams (like the Trammps' blazing "Disco Inferno"), Saturday Night Fever deserves its preeminent status.
- ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Jive Talkin' – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (11 September 2019). "The Number Ones: Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing"". Stereogum. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
..."Jive Talkin'", their 1975 comeback hit, had basically been a rhythm-charged white R&B song...
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (15 October 1996). "Color Blind: Blue-eyed Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 42. ISBN 031214704X.