Throwing back to the week of August 15, 1976, we find Elton John and Kiki Dee atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,’ the song that claimed Billboard’s official Song of the Summer crown that year.
At #2 that week was ‘You Should Be Dancing’ by the Bee Gees, on its way to a single week atop the Hot 100. This song — and Children of the World, the album on which it appeared — marked the band’s shift to disco, a controversial but wildly successful move.
The album also fully featured Barry Gibb’s newly developed falsetto vocals, which he had introduced on previous album Main Course.
‘You Should Be Dancing’ was one of six Bee Gees’ songs included on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, along with Main Course‘s ‘Jive Talkin’‘ and four newly recorded (and instantly iconic) tracks.
Old songs. Great memories.
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My baby moves at midnight
Goes right on ’til the dawn
My woman, take me higher
My woman, keep me warm
[Chorus]
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
[Verse 2]
She’s juicy and she’s trouble
She gets it to me good
My woman, give me power
Go right down to my blood
[Chorus]
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
What you doin’ on your back?
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
[Verse 3]
My baby moves at midnight, yeah
Goes right on ’til the dawn, yeah
My woman takes me higher
My woman, keep me warm
[Chorus]
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
What you doin’ on your back? Hey
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah
[Outro]
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
You should be dancing, yeah
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