You Stepped into My Life
"You Stepped Into My Life" is a song released by the Bee Gees in September 1976 on the album Children of the World.[1] It was also released as the B-side of "Love So Right".[2] Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.
| "You Stepped Into My Life" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bee Gees | ||||
| from the album Children of the World | ||||
| A-side | "Love So Right" | |||
| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 3 February 1976, Criteria Studios 7 May 1976, Quebec, Canada | |||
| Genre | Disco, funk | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producer(s) | Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | |||
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In Canada, this song was chosen as the A-side and its flipside was "Love So Right"[3] In Scandinavia and UK, it released as a double A side single with "Love So Right". Allmusic's Bruce Eder called this funk number as one of the "soul ballads" on the album Children of the World.[4]
Recording
The Bee Gees started to record this song on February 3 at Criteria Studios in Miami. It was finished on May 7 after they recorded and finished "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" and "Boogie Child" the day before in Le Studio in Quebec.[5]
Musical structure
The first parts of the song features a funky electric and bass guitar beat by Alan Kendall and Maurice Gibb and later joined by Blue Weaver through synthesizers and keyboards.
The song is all about a singer became happy when he met his lover, the singer also tells his painful memory before he met his lover, and described her touch to him as an "ecstasy".
Personnel
Cover versions
| "You Stepped Into My Life" | ||||
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| Single by Melba Moore | ||||
| from the album Melba '78 | ||||
| B-side | "There's No Other Like You" | |||
| Released | September 1978 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound Studios | |||
| Genre | Philadelphia soul, disco | |||
| Length | 4:00 (single version) 5:04 (album version) 7:48 (John Luongo Remix) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producer(s) | Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen | |||
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- Melba Moore recorded a Philly soul version of the song for her 1978 Epic Records album release Melba produced by McFadden & Whitehead with Jerry Cohen.[6][7][8] The singer and her producers had aimed at scoring Moore a breakout hit with a Bee Gees cover and chose "You Stepped Into My Life", the group's own original version being comparatively low-profile.[9] "You Stepped Into My Life" did afford Moore a major club hit and became the second and most successful of her two Billboard Hot 100 singles while remaining a Top 40 shortfall with a #47 peak. The track also reached #17 on the Billboard ranking of R&B singles[10]
- Wayne Newton released his version as a single in 1979 on Aries Records; it reached #90 in the U.S.
References
- Discogs.com. "Bee Gees - Children of the World". Discogs.
- Discogs.com. "Bee Gees - Love So Right". Discogs.
- Discogs.com. "Bee Gees - You Stepped Into My Life (Canada release)". Discogs.
- Eder, Bruce. "Children of the World - Bee Gees". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1976".
- Chicago Tribune 22 October 1978 "Lineup For Listening" by Bob Cooper p.6-15
- "McFadden & Whitehead - Billboard". Billboard. May 5, 1979. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- Discogs.com. "Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life". Discogs.
- "Q&A: Melba Moore". 27 June 2018.
- "Melba Moore Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".