"Guilty" is a vocal duet between

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and

Barry Gibb Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popula ...

. The song was written by all three

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. Released as a single from Streisand's 1980 album of the same name. "Guilty" peaked at No. 3 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and No. 5 on the

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. In the UK, the song reached No. 34 on the

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. The single was certified gold by the

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. In addition, "Guilty" won a

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in the category Best Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group. The song also appeared on the 2001 Bee Gees compilation, '' Their Greatest Hits: The Record''. There is also a version by

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and

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Personnel

– lead vocals *

– lead and backing vocals, guitar, *

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-backing vocals *

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-backing vocals *

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-record producer * George Terry – guitar *

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– guitar *

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–

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* George Bitzer – electric piano * Harold Cowart – bass *

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– drums *

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– percussion * Denise DeCaro – background vocals, vocal contractor * Marti McCall – background vocals * Myrna Matthews – background vocals

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Human Nature version

Australian band

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, released a cover version of the song as the second single from their album ''

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''. It introduced rapper Kelly K.A.E. The song peaked at No. 33 in Australia.

Music video

A music video was released to promote the song; with the group and Kelly K.A.E. singing the song in a studio. At one point, you see them flicking through vinyl records, one of which is the album “ Guilty” by Streisand.

Track listing

CD single # "Guilty" # "Guilty" (Instrumental) # "When You Say You Love Me" (Ben Hudson Drums Mix) # "

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Charts

Barry Gibb version

"Guilty" is a song originally recorded by

as a guideline to

for her album ''Guilty''. On which Gibb on guitar, Blue Weaver on keyboard and

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. The demo however sounds like the others, and since Barry sings it in falsetto throughout he had probably not yet decided to make it a duet. (By contrast, parts of " What Kind of Fool" are natural voice.) It was said to have been the last song submitted for the album.

Personnel

– vocals, guitar * Blue Weaver – keyboard *

– synthesizer, drum machine

References

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