"Guilty" | ||||
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Single by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb | ||||
from the album Guilty | ||||
B-side | "Life Story" | |||
Released | October 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
Studio | Middle Ear (Miami) [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:23 | |||
Label | Columbia (US) CBS (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
Producer(s) | Gibb-Galuten-Richardson | |||
Barbra Streisand singles chronology | ||||
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Barry Gibb singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Barbra Streisand - Guilty (Official Audio) ft. Barry Gibb" on YouTube |
"Guilty" is a vocal duet between Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb. The song was written by all three Bee Gees:Barry,Robin &Maurice Gibb. Released as a single from Streisand's 1980 album of the same name. [3] "Guilty" peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 5 on the adult contemporary chart. In the UK,the song reached No. 34 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was certified gold by the RIAA. In addition,"Guilty" won a Grammy Award in the category Best Pop Vocal Performance,Duo or Group. The song also appeared on the 2001 Bee Gees compilation, Their Greatest Hits:The Record . [4]
Record World said that "Barbra's vocal glistens like an early morning dewdrop while Barry adorns with plush harmonies" [5] In 2023, American Songwriter and The Guardian both named "Guilty" as Streisand's second-greatest song. [6] [7]
There is also a version by Tom Jones and Gladys Knight. It is also used in the films Madea's Witness Protection and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar .
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [22] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Guilty (One in a Million)" | ||||
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Single by Human Nature | ||||
from the album Walk the Tightrope | ||||
Released | August 2004 | |||
Recorded | Sydney,Australia | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Sony BMG | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry,Robin &Maurice Gibb | |||
Human Nature singles chronology | ||||
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Australian band Human Nature,released a cover version of the song as the second single from their album Walk the Tightrope . It introduced rapper Kelly K.A.E. The song peaked at No. 33 in Australia.
A music video was released to promote the song;with the group and Kelly K.A.E. singing the song in a studio. At one point,you see them flicking through vinyl records,one of which is the album “Guilty”by Streisand. [23]
CD single
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [24] | 33 |
"Guilty" | |
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Song by Barry Gibb | |
from the album The Guilty Demos | |
Released | November 2006 |
Recorded | October 1979 at Criteria Studios,Miami |
Length | 4:02 |
Songwriter(s) | Barry,Robin &Maurice Gibb |
Producer(s) | Barry Gibb |
"Guilty" is a song originally recorded by Barry Gibb as a guideline to Barbra Streisand for her album Guilty. On which Gibb on guitar,Blue Weaver on keyboard and Albhy Galuten on synthesizer.
The demo however sounds like the others,and since Barry sings it in falsetto throughout he had probably not yet decided to make it a duet. (By contrast,parts of "What Kind of Fool" are natural voice.) It was said to have been the last song submitted for the album. [25]
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Living Eyes is the sixteenth studio album by the Bee Gees,released in 1981. It was the band's final album on RSO Records,which would be absorbed into Polydor and subsequently discontinued. The album showcased a soft rock sound that contrasted with their disco and R&B material of the mid-to-late 1970s;having become a prominent target of the popular backlash against disco,the Bee Gees were pressured to publicly disassociate from the genre.
Guilty is the twenty-second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand released on September 23,1980,by Columbia Records. It was produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and his group's regular production team of Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.
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