| "Love You Inside Out" | ||||
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| Single byBee Gees | ||||
| from the albumSpirits Having Flown | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Satisfied" | |||
| Released | 6 April 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:12 (album version) 3:48 (7" version) | |||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Songwriter | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producers | Bee Gees,Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | |||
| Bee Gees singles chronology | ||||
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"Love You Inside Out" is a 1979 single by theBee Gees from their album,Spirits Having Flown. It was their last chart-topping single on theBillboard Hot 100 (for one week in June 1979), interruptingDonna Summer'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 twelfth 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".
The song is a slow funk groove number.[4] During recording, the Bee Gees played a prank on their managerRobert Stigwood, 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.[5] For the released version, the line is "backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out".
"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 USBillboard charts.[6][7] It was the group's ninth number one single in the US (tenth if you include "Lonely Days", which reached number one on theCashbox 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 wasThe Beatles. Moreover, it was the third consecutive number-one single fromSpirits Having Flown, which followed three consecutive number-one singles from their previous albumSaturday Night Fever. 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.[8]
Billboard called it a "disco flavored hook laden lune that is paced by its patented falsetto and harmonies ."[9]Billboard picked "Love You Inside Out" as one of the best cuts onSpirits Having Flown.[10]Cash Box called it a "finely arranged and performed love song."[11]Record World said it "has light disco overtones and [the Bee Gees'] high vocal harmonies."[12]
Smash Hits 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.[13]
Weekly charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[30] | Gold | 75,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[31] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
In 1996, theR&B groupTotal sampled the song on the album track "When Boy Meets Girl" from their self-titled debut in 1996. In 2004, the song was covered byFeist (under the title "Inside and Out") on her 2004 albumLet It Die. It was released as the third single from the album in 2004. SaxophonistArturo Tappin's smooth jazz version (Love You Inside and Out) is on his 2007 "Inside Out" album. "Love You Inside Out" was sampled bySnoop Dogg for his rap single "Ups & Downs" in 2005, as well as on rap groupNemesis' hit "Cantifiguritout". This song was also sampled onR. Kelly andJay-Z's hit song "Honey".
"Love You Inside Out" isn't even a disco song. It's a calm, funky little lope...
