"Love You Inside Out" is a 1979 hit single by the

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from their album, ''

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''. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for one week in June 1979, interrupting

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's " Hot Stuff", becoming the third single from the album to do so. In the UK, the single peaked at No. 13 for two weeks. It was the ninth and final number-one hit for the Bee Gees in the US, and the eleventh and final number-one hit in Canada as well. The trio would not return to the top 10 for ten years, with the song, " One".

Background

The song is a slow funk groove number. During recording, the Bee Gees played a prank on their manager

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, sending him a version with the line "backwards and forwards with my cock hanging out" to see if he was paying attention to their work. For the released version, the line is "backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out".

Achievements

"Love You Inside Out" was a milestone single for the Bee Gees, earning them a permanent place in rock history when it reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' charts. It was the group's ninth number one single in the US (tenth if you include "

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", which reached number one on the '' Cashbox'' charts in 1971), more number-one singles than any other 1970s’ artist. It was also The Bee Gees’ sixth consecutive number-one single in a single year; the only other group to achieve this was

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. Moreover, it was the third consecutive number-one single from ''Spirits Having Flown'', which followed three consecutive number-one singles from their previous album ''

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''. At that point, no other artist had ever had three consecutive number-one singles from two successive albums. It also placed them fourth among all artists with number one singles (9) and fourth in total weeks (27) at number one. The song debuted at #28 in the United Kingdom.

Reception

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'' called it a "disco flavored hook laden lune that is paced by its patented falsetto and harmonies ." ''Billboard'' picked "Love You Inside Out" as one of the best cuts on ''Spirits Having Flown''. ''

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'' called it a "finely arranged and performed love song." ''

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'' said it "has light disco overtones and he Bee Gees'high vocal harmonies." ''

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'' called it a, "mellow, mid-tempo jog, which is typically well-produced and typically shrill in the vocal department. I have to admit, I think it's dull. Not bad, just dull.

Personnel

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 popul ...

– lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic guitar *

Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He gained worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group with elder brother Barry and fraternal twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his o ...

– backing vocals *

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– bass, backing vocals *

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– electric guitar *

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– drums *

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– synthesizer, keyboards, programming * George Terry – electric guitar

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

In 1996, the R&B group Total sampled the song on the album track "When Boy Meets Girl" from their self-titled debut in 1996. In 2004, the song was covered by Feist (under the title "Inside and Out") on her 2004 album '' Let It Die''. It was released as the third single from the album in 2005. Saxophonist Arturo Tappin's smooth jazz version (Love You Inside and Out) is on his 2007 "Inside Out" album. "Love You Inside Out" was sampled by

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' hit "Cantifiguritout". This song was also sampled by

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and

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's hit song "Honey".

References

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