''Bee Gees Greatest'' is a

greatest hits album A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be creat ...

by British pop group Bee Gees. Released by

RSO Records RSO Records was a record label formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood and record executive Al Coury in 1973. The letters "RSO" stood for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. RSO managed the careers of several ma ...

in October 1979, the album is a retrospective of the group's material from 1975 to 1979. A remastered and expanded version of the album was released by

Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...

in 2007.

Content

The original release was a double album, with album sleeves and labels featuring pictures of each brother on the label and all three brothers on side four, while each record sleeve was adorned with the ''Bee Gees Greatest'' logo. Side one contains disco tracks featuring "

Jive Talkin' "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) and hit number one on the ''Bi ...

", "

Night Fever "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 ...

", "

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", "

You Should Be Dancing "You Should Be Dancing" is a song by the Bee Gees, from the album ''Children of the World'', released in 1976. It hit No. 1 for one week on the American ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 1 for seven weeks on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and in S ...

" and "

Stayin' Alive "Stayin' Alive" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the ''Saturday Night Fever'' motion picture soundtrack. The song was released in 1977 as the second single from the ''Saturday Night Fever'' soundtrack. The band co-produced ...

". Side two contains ballads and featured " How Deep Is Your Love", "

Too Much Heaven "Too Much Heaven" is a song by the Bee Gees, which was the band's contribution to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. They performed it at the Music for UNICEF Concert on 9 January 1979. The song later found its way to the group's thirteenth origina ...

", "

Love So Right "Love So Right" is an R&B ballad recorded by the Bee Gees. It was the second single released on the album ''Children of the World''. Background It was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb early in 1976. Recording started on 18 January, ...

", "

(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" is a song penned by Barry Gibb and Blue Weaver and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 on the '' Saturday Night Fever'' sessions but was not released until ''Bee Gees Greatest'' (1979). A different version was re ...

" and "

Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees for their '' Main Course'' album in 1975. It was the third single release from the album, peaking at number 12 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and ...

". Side three consists of B-sides and album tracks such as " If I Can't Have You", " You Stepped Into My Life", " Love Me", " More Than a Woman" and "

Rest Your Love on Me "Rest Your Love on Me" is a country ballad performed by the Bee Gees written and sung by Barry Gibb. It was the B-side of the US No. 1 hit "Too Much Heaven". Andy Gibb recorded the song as a duet with Olivia Newton-John for his 1980 album '' Afte ...

". Side three also consists of songs that spawned cover versions for other artists. Side four contains "

Nights on Broadway "Nights on Broadway" is a song by the Bee Gees from the ''Main Course'' album released in 1975. The second single released from the album, it immediately followed their number-one hit "Jive Talkin'". This track was credited to Barry, Robin and ...

", " Spirits (Having Flown)", " Wind of Change", "

Love You Inside Out "Love You Inside Out" is a 1979 hit single by the Bee Gees from their album, '' Spirits Having Flown''. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for one week in June 1979, interrupting Donna Summer's " Hot Stuff", becoming the third si ...

" and "Children of the World". Two Top 40 charting singles, "

Boogie Child "Boogie Child" is the third hit single from the Bee Gees' 1976 platinum album ''Children of the World'', released in the US in early 1977. The song peaked at no. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as an A-side and was then used as the B-side of th ...

" (#12) and " Edge of the Universe (Live)" (#26) were omitted in favor of tracks that other artists had hits with such as "Love Me" and "If I Can't Have You" ( Yvonne Elliman) and " You Stepped Into My Life" (

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and

Wayne Newton Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and actor. One of the most popular singers in the nation from the mid-to-late 20th-century, Newton remains one of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas. He is known by the nicknam ...

). Incidentally "Boogie Child" reached slightly higher on the Billboard Hot 100 than Yvonne Elliman's version of "Love Me" (#14), while

's and

's recordings of "You Stepped Into My Life" only peaked at 47 and 90, respectively, in 1979. "Boogie Child" did appear in the box set ''

Tales from the Brothers Gibb ''Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song'' is a box set compilation released by the Bee Gees in 1990. Originally released on four cassettes and four compact discs, ''Tales'' is a summary of the Bee Gees output from their third album, ...

'', but it was again passed over on the double disc set '' Their Greatest Hits: The Record'' from 2001.

Reissues

''Greatest'' was released on CD as a two disc set, but has since has been deleted domestically with the release of ''The Record''. On 18 September 2007, Reprise Records released a remastered and expanded version of ''Greatest''. Many of the tracks on ''Greatest'' have been previously remastered, but the album contains the first release of remastered versions of "You Stepped Into My Life", "Rest Your Love on Me", "Wind of Change", "Spirits (Having Flown)", and "Children of the World". In addition, there are extended versions of "Stayin' Alive" and an unreleased Bee Gees track, "Warm Ride", which was written for the group Rare Earth. The song ended up being recorded by brother

Andy Gibb Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the younger brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice, who went on to form the Bee Gees. Gibb came to prominence in the late 1970s through th ...

for his album, '' After Dark''. The re-release contains new mixes of "You Should Be Dancing", "If I Can't Have You", "Night Fever" and "More Than a Woman" and as a hidden track, a new mix of "Stayin' Alive". Billboard's unofficial policy states an album requires at least 33% new material to qualify as a new release; ''Bee Gees Greatest'' contains about 28% new material, thus making it a re-issue. ''Bee Gees Greatest'' topped the '' Billboard'' album charts early in 1980, becoming their third consecutive number one album. The re-issue of ''Bee Gees Greatest'' debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Pop Catalog charts for the week of 30 September 2007. There was some question as to whether Billboard was going to treat this as a new release or a re-issue. The set scanned over 20,000 copies for the week, making it the 35th best selling album in the country, good enough to place in Billboard's Top 40.

Track listing

All tracks were written by

Barry Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 19 ...

, Robin and

Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician. He achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main le ...

, except where noted.

2007 re-issue edition

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