Come On Over (Bee Gees song)

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"Come On Over"
Song by Bee Gees
from the album Main Course
ReleasedJune 1975 (UK)
August 1975 (US)
Recorded23 January 1975
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre R&B, soul, country, folk rock
Length3:26
Label RSO Records
Songwriter(s) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Producer(s) Arif Mardin

"Come On Over" is a ballad written by Barry and Robin Gibb and recorded by the Bee Gees for their album Main Course , with lead vocals by Robin, joined by Barry in the chorus of the song. A live version was recorded in Los Angeles during their Children of the World Tour and appeared on their first live album Here at Last...Bee Gees...Live . The song was more reminiscent of their older style compared to the new R&B sound of "Jive Talkin'" and "Nights on Broadway". It would become a #1 adult contemporary hit for Olivia Newton-John in 1976.

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Olivia Newton-John version

"Come On Over"
Come On Over - Olivia Newton-John.jpg
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Come On Over
B-side "Small Talk and Pride"
ReleasedMarch 1976
Genre Country pop
Length3:38
Label MCA(Australia) EMI(E.E.U.U.)
Songwriter(s) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Producer(s) John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Let It Shine"
(1975)
"Come On Over"
(1976)
"Jolene"
(1976)

In 1976 Olivia Newton-John's recorded a version and released it as the lead single from her seventh studio album of the same name. It peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Newton-John's sixth #1 in a row on the Easy Listening chart, for one week in April 1976. [1] "Come On Over" peaked at #5 on the US country chart [2] and #3 in New Zealand.

Track listing

  1. "Come On Over" - 3:41
  2. "Small Talk and Pride" - 3:54

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [3] 55
Canadian RPM Top Singles22
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3
New Zealand (RIANZ) [4] 3
US Billboard Hot 10023
US Billboard Easy Listening1
US Billboard Hot Country Singles5
U.S. Cash Box Top Singles [5] 30

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