Night Fever

"Night Fever"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Saturday Night Fever
B-side"Down the Road" (live)
ReleasedJanuary 1978 (US)[1]
Recorded
  • c. April 1977
  • September 1977[2]
Studio
GenreDisco
Length3:32
LabelRSO
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Stayin' Alive"
(1977)
"Night Fever"
(1978)
"Too Much Heaven"
(1978)
Audio sample
"Night Fever"
Music video
"Night Fever" on YouTube

"Night Fever" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever on RSO Records. 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. The song bounded up the Billboard charts while the Bee Gees’ two previous hits from Saturday Night Fever soundtrack ("How Deep is Your Love" and "Stayin' Alive") were still in the top ten. The record debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at #76, then leaped up 44 positions to #32. It then moved: 32–17–8–5–2–1. It remained at #1 for eight weeks (the most for any single that year), and ultimately spent 13 weeks in the top 10.[3] For the first five weeks that "Night Fever" was at #1, "Stayin' Alive" was at #2. Also, for one week in March, Bee Gees related songs held five of the top positions on the Hot 100 chart, and four of the top five positions, with "Night Fever" at the top of the list.[4] The B-side of "Night Fever" was a live version of "Down the Road" taken from the Bee Gees 1977 album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live.[5]

  1. ^ "Bee Gees singles".
  2. ^ Brennan, Joe. "Gibb Songs : 1977". Columbia University. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Song-Database "Night Fever"". song-database.com/. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Gibb Songs : 1978". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Here at Last...Bee Gees...Live - Bee Gees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 July 2018.