"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.
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".[citation needed]
Personnel
- Barry Gibb — lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Maurice Gibb — bass guitar
- Alan Kendall — electric guitar
- Dennis Bryon — drums
- Blue Weaver — synthesizer, keyboards
Cover versions
- 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 (1976). "Bee Gees - Children of the World". Discogs.
- ^ Discogs.com (1976). "Bee Gees - Love So Right". Discogs.
- ^ Discogs.com (1976). "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 (1978). "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".