Night Fever 2038657 223364583 2008-07-03T19:29:19Z Seraphim Whipp 3369647 Removing backlinks to United World Chart because "Article was deleted at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/United World Chart|AfD]]."; using [[WP:TWINKLE|TW]] {{Infobox Single |Name=Night Fever |Cover=Nightfevercover.jpg |Artist=the [[Bee Gees]] |Album=[[Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)|Saturday Night Fever]] |Released={{Start date|1978|2|7}} |Format=[[gramophone record|7" single]] |Recorded=[[Criteria Studios]], [[Miami, Florida]], [[United States]] in September 1977 |Genre=[[Disco]], [[Pop music|pop]] |Length=3:31 |Label=[[RSO Records|RSO]] |Producer=[[Robert Stigwood]] |Reviews= |Last single="[[Stayin' Alive]]"<br>(1977) |This single="'''Night Fever'''"<br>(1978]) |Next single="[[Too Much Heaven]]"<br>(1979) }} "'''Night Fever'''", is a [[disco]] song, written and performed by The [[Bee Gees]]. It first appeared on the [[Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''. Producer [[Robert Stigwood]] wanted to call the film ''Saturday Night'', but singer [[Robin Gibb]] expressed hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title ''Night Fever'' but was wary of marketing a movie with that name. He combined the two suggestions and the idea for ''Saturday Night Fever'' as a motion picture was born.{{Fact|date=February 2008}} "Night Fever" remained the number one [[Billboard Hot 100]] single for eight weeks in 1978. It also replaced [[Andy Gibb]]'s "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one, and was in turn replaced by [[Yvonne Elliman]]'s "If I Can't Have You" - all of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers. After the success of "Night Fever," the [[Governor of Florida]], [[Reubin O'Donovan Askew]], made the three men "honorary citizens" of the state, due to the amount of time they spent each year recording singles in [[Miami]].{{Fact|date=February 2008}} In addition to Saturday Night Fever, the song has also appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for [[Mystery Men]]. A rare music video was made for the song, however it wasn't shown to the public until 2004 despite the fact the video didn't contain any uncensored content. An interesting note, in the video Barry Gibb was shown without his trademark beard. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnqY8KJbPcI YouTube - Broadcast Yourself<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==Chart positions== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1978) !Peak<br>position |- |[[Austria]]n Singles Chart |align=center|4 |- |[[Canadian Singles Chart]] |align=center|1 |- |[[Japan]]ese [[Oricon]] International Singles Chart |align=center|1 |- |Japanese Oricon Singles Chart |align=center|4 |- |Swedish Singles Chart |align=center|5 |- |[[Switzerland|Swiss]] Singles Chart |align=center|3 |- |[[UK Singles Chart]] |align=center|1 |- |[[United States|U.S.]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] |align=center|1 |} ==Tina Arena version== In 2008, [[Australia]]n [[singer]] and [[songwriter]] [[Tina Arena]] performed a [[cover version]] of "Night Fever" for the [[France|French]] film ''[[Disco (movie)|Disco]]''. The song is expected to be released as the second [[single (music)|single]] from the film's [[soundtrack]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.superseventies.com/1978_1singles.html Night Fever information at SuperSeventies] {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "[[(Love Is) Thicker Than Water]]" by [[Andy Gibb]] | title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]] | years = [[March 18]] [[1978]] | after = "[[If I Can't Have You]]" by [[Yvonne Elliman]] }} {{succession box | before = "[[Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs (Lowry's Song)]]" by [[Brian and Michael]] | title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]] | years = [[April 29]] [[1978]] | after = "[[Rivers of Babylon]]" by [[Boney M]] }} {{succession box | before = "[[Stayin' Alive]]" by [[Bee Gees]] | title = United World Chart [[Number-one hits of 1978 (World)|number one single]] | years = [[April 29]] [[1978]] - [[May 20]] [[1978]] | after = "[[Rivers of Babylon]]" by [[Boney M.]] }} {{end box}} [[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]] [[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Canada]] [[Category:Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles]] [[Category:1978 singles]] [[Category:The Bee Gees songs]] [[ca:Night Fever]] [[es:Night Fever]]